The Women's 15 kilometre pursuit

Pursuit

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 cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

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in Turin

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, Italy

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 was held on 12 February, at Pragelato

Pragelato

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Julija Tchepalova

Julija Tchepalova

Yuliya Chepalova is a Russian cross-country skier.-Early and current personal life:Daughter of a cross-country skiing coach, Chepalova started to ski as soon as she began to walk...

 was the reigning World Champion in the event, while Canadian Beckie Scott

Beckie Scott

Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, MSM is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu....

 won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics. However, neither were in the medals here; Kristina Šmigun

Kristina Šmigun

Kristina Šmigun-Vähi is a former and so far most successful Estonian female cross-country skier. Her parents, Anatoli Šmigun and Rutt Rehemaa were both prominent Nordic skiers...

 and Kateřina Neumannová

Katerina Neumannová

Kateřina Neumannová is a retired Czech cross country skier. She was a flatwater canoeist and downhill skier before moving to cross country skiing at sixteen...

 were neck-and-neck coming in to the stadium, but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds. Russia's Yevgeniya Medvedeva-Arbuzova took bronze.

Results

The pursuit consisted of a 7.5 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 7.5 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between, the sections, each skier took time (approximately 30 seconds) to 'pit', changing their skis.

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Kristina Šmigun Kristina Šmigun Kristina Šmigun-Vähi is a former and so far most successful Estonian female cross-country skier. Her parents, Anatoli Šmigun and Rutt Rehemaa were both prominent Nordic skiers...		42:48.7
	Kateřina Neumannová Katerina Neumannová Kateřina Neumannová is a retired Czech cross country skier. She was a flatwater canoeist and downhill skier before moving to cross country skiing at sixteen...		42:50.6
	Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova Evgenia Medvedeva-Abruzova Yevgeniya Vladimirovna Medvedeva is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she won two medals at Turin in 2006 with a gold in the 4 x 5 km and a bronze in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit....		43:03.2
4	Kristin Størmer Steira Kristin Størmer Steira Kristin Størmer Steira is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, she has seven medals with two gold , two silvers , and three bronzes Kristin Størmer Steira (born April 30, 1981) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed...		43:06.8
5	Gabriella Paruzzi Gabriella Paruzzi Gabriella Paruzzi is a retired Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1991 to 2006 and formerly skied with the C.S. Forestale club. She skied in World Cup events, and won the Women's Overall World Cup in 2004....		43:18.9
6	Beckie Scott Beckie Scott Rebecca "Beckie" Scott, MSM is a retired Canadian cross-country skiing athlete and as of February 23, 2006, an International Olympic Committee member by virtue of being elected to the IOC Athlete's Commission along with Saku Koivu....		43:20.6
7	Olga Savialova Olga Savialova Olga Viktorovna Zavyalova , née Korneyeva is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1993...		43:23.7
8	Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Kowalczyk is a Polish cross country skier who has been competing since 2000.Kowalczyk is an Olympic Champion, a double World Champion and a triple winner of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup...		43:25.6
9	Julija Tchepalova Julija Tchepalova Yuliya Chepalova is a Russian cross-country skier.-Early and current personal life:Daughter of a cross-country skiing coach, Chepalova started to ski as soon as she began to walk...		43:39.5
10	Hilde G. Pedersen		43:40.5
11	Petra Majdič Petra Majdic Petra Majdič is a Slovenian former cross-country skier. Her best results came in classic style races. She won twenty-four World Cup races, twenty in sprint races, but she also won a marathon in Trondheim in 2009...		43:41.7
12	Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina Svetlana Malahova-Shishkina is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Her best World Cup finish was third in a 10 km event in China in 2007....		44:00.0
13	Riitta Liisa Lassila		44:06.1
14	Valentina Shevchenko Valentina Shevchenko Valentina Shevchenko is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has been competing since 1994. She won the bronze medal in the 30 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec....		44:13.6
15	Britta Norgren Britta Norgren Britta Johanna Helena Johansson Norgren is a Swedish cross country skier who has been competed since 2002. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec...		44:18.0
16	Sara Renner Sara Renner Sara Renner is a Canadian cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. With Beckie Scott, she won the silver medal in the team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of 8th in the 10 km classical event in those same games...		44:30.9
17	Sabina Valbusa Sabina Valbusa Sabina Valbusa is an Italian cross-country skier who competed from 1993 to 2010. Competing in five Winter Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		44:44.7
18	Claudia Kuenzel		44:48.1
19	Kristin Murer Stemland Kristin Mürer Stemland Kristin Mürer Stemland is a Norwegian cross country skier.Born in Trondheim, her club is Byåsen IL.At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Stemland finished 5th in women's 4 x 5 km relay with the Norwegian team. She participated at the 2007-08 Cross-country Skiing World Cup, and won one of the...		44:59.2
20	Karine Philippot		45:06.5
21	Wang Chunli Wang Chunli Wang Chunli is a Chinese biathlete and cross-country skier. She competed for China at the 2006 Winter Olympics in cross-country skiing. She also competed in the biathlon for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics.-References:...		45:09.6
22	Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		45:11.9
23	Ivana Janečková Ivana Janecková Ivana Janečková is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 2002. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fifth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Sapporo in 2007 while her best individual finish was 21st in the 30 km event at those same championships.Janečková's best...		45:33.5
24	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Natascia Leonardi Cortesi Natascia Leonardi Cortest is a Swiss cross-country skier and Ski mountaineering who has competed since 1988 in the World Cup circuit. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 10th place in the 30 km...		45:34.3
25	Elena Kolomina Elena Kolomina Elena Kolomina is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has been competing since 1998. She finished fifth in the team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo and had her best individual finish of 21st in the sprint event at the 2001 championships in Lahti.Kolomina's best...		45:44.1
26	Vita Jakimchuk Vita Jakimchuk Vita Jakimchuk is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and had her best individual finish of 22nd in the 30 km event at those same games.Jakimchuk's...		45:48.1
27	Li Hongxue Li Hongxue Li Hongxue is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2003. Participating in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 16th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Turin in 2006...		45:56.4
28	Stefanie Boehler		45:56.9
29	Helena Balatkova Erbenova		45:57.0
30	Sumiko Yokoyama Sumiko Yokoyama is a Japanese cross country skier who competed from 1993 to 2008. Her best World Cup finish was fifth in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2003....		45:58.6
31	Elin Ek		46:02.7
32	Liu Yuanyuan Liu Yuanyuan Liu Yuanyuan is a Chinese female biathlete who competed China at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino. - References :...		46:18.5
33	Elina Hietamaeki		46:20.5
34	Kirsi Valimaa Kirsi Välimaa Kirsi Välimaa-Antila is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1999 to 2008. Her lone World Cup victory was in a 4 x 5 km event in Sweden in 2005....		46:25.6
35	Masako Ishida Masako Ishida is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1998. Her best World Cup finish was third in the 30 km event in Norway in 2009....		46:37.7
36	Arianna Follis Arianna Follis Arianna Follis is an Italian cross country skier who started competing in 1995. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at Turin in 2006....		46:40.9
37	Elena Burukhina		46:42.9
38	Chizuru Soneta		46:45.5
39	Maja Benedicic		46:51.1
40	Kateryna Grygorenko Kateryna Grygorenko Kateryna Gygorenko is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed since 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and earned her best individual finish of 27th in the 30 km event at Vancouver four years...		46:55.2
41	Oxana Jatskaja Oxana Jatskaja Oxana Yatskaya is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has been competing since 1995. She finish fifth in the team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo and earned her best individual finish of eighth in the 30 km event at the 2005 championships in...		46:57.0
42	Clare-Louise Brumley Clare-Louise Brumley Clare-Louise Brumley is an Australian cross country skier, who represented Australia at the 2006 Winter Olympics.She was selected for the pursuit and 30 km freestyle, but could only compete in the former due to illness. She placed 42nd out of 67 entrants....		47:03.1
43	Alena Sannikova Alena Sannikova Alena Sannikova is a Belarusian cross country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 11th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010 while earning her best individual finish of 29th in the 10 km event at Turin in 2006.Sannikova's best...		47:05.6
44	Ludmila Korolik Shablouskaya		47:07.2
45	Tatjana Zavalij Tatjana Zavalij Tatjana Zavalij is a Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of eighth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Turin in 2006 and earned her best individual finish of 22nd in the 30 km event at Vancouver four years...		47:18.7
46	Alena Prochazkova Alena Procházková Alena Procházková is a Slovak cross country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 18th in the individual sprint event at Vancouver in 2010....		47:45.2
47	Anna Karin Stromstedt Anna Karin Strömstedt Anna Karin Strömstedt Olsson is a Swedish cross country skier turned biathlete who has competed since 1998. Her lone World Cup victory was in a 4 x 5 km event in Switzerland in 2007....		47:51.3
48	Rebecca Dussault		47:53.7
49	Ekaterina Rudakova Bulauka		48:09.2
50	Yevgeniya Voloshenko		48:17.2
51	Olga Vasiljonok Olga Vasiljonok Olga Vasiljonok is a Belarusian cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. She finished sixth in the team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo and earned her best individual finish of 17th in the individual sprint event at the 2009 championships in...		48:20.4
52	Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel Manuela Henkel is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She won a gold medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Her best individual finish was 12th in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		48:21.8
53	Irina Terentjeva Irina Terentjeva Irina Terentjeva is a Lithuanian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 37th in the individual sprint event at Turin in 2006....		48:33.7
54	Milaine Theriault Milaine Thériault Milaine Thériault is a Canadian skier.In February, 2004 Thériault won her second consecutive women's five km free technique at the Haywood NorAm Canada Cup competition in Kelowna, British Columbia...		48:38.9
55	Lindsey Weier		48:45.0
56	Abby Larson		48:47.5
57	Lee Chae-Won Lee Chae-Won Lee Chae-Won is a South Korean cross country skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 52nd in the individual sprint event at Salt Lake City in 2002....		49:01.2
58	Xu Yinghui		49:47.3
59	Monika Gyorgy Monika Gyorgy Monika Gyorgy is a Romanian cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 43rd in the 10 km event at Vancouver in 2010....		50:15.3
60	Chandra Crawford Chandra Crawford Chandra Crawford is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001 at the age of 16. Prior to this, she was a biathlete for five years. She was born in Canmore, Alberta, Canada....		50:35.4
61	Laia Aubert Torrents		50:41.3
62	Lindsey Williams		50:49.7
63	Laura Orgue Laura Orgué Laura Orgué Vila is a Spanish cross country skier who has competed since 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 27th in the 15 km mixed pursuit at Vancouver in 2010....		51:16.5
64	Maja Kezele		51:36.3
	Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen is a Norwegian cross country skier and triple olympic champion from Midtre Gauldal, Norway. Bjørgen is the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country World Cup history, with twenty-four victories. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with forty-eight...		DNF
	Kelime Aydin Kelime Aydin Kelime Aydın Çetinkaya is a Turkish cross country skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 49th in the 30 km event at Turin in 2006....		DNF
	Branka Kuzeljevc		DNF