Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 30 kilometre classical

The women's 30 kilometre classical 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 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

in Vancouver

Vancouver

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, Canada

Canada

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was held on 27 February at Whistler Olympic Park

Whistler Olympic Park

The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, nordic combined, and ski...

in Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

at 11:45 PST.

The 30 kilometre has been skated as a mass start

Mass start

Mass start is a format of starting in some events in athletics , such as a marathon race, speedskating or a long-distance cross country skiing competition....

event at the World Championships

FIS Nordic World Ski Championships

The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships have been held in various numbers and types of events since 1925 for men and since 1954 for women. Championship events include nordic skiing's three disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping, and nordic combined...

since 2005 and since the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

. 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...

of the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

was the defending Olympic champion

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The cross-country skiing events at the 2006 Winter Olympics featured 12 events, from February 11, 2006 to 26 February 2006 at Pragelato in Turin.-Medal table:-Men's events:-Women's events:-Participating nations:...

though that event was held in the freestyle technique. She retired after the 2006-07 season and later chaired the organizing committee for the 2009 world championships. Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

's 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...

, the defending Olympic bronze medalist, was the reigning world champion

Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009

At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic, twelve cross-country skiing events were held with six for men and six for women. The format of the program has been unchanged since the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany...

though that was also in the freestyle technique. The last World Cup event in the 30 km classical took place in Trondheim

Trondheim

Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...

, Norway on 14 March 2009 and was won by 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...

of Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

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The race was a mass start event where all of the skiers start at the same time.

Results

Majdič, the bronze medalist in the sprint

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia....

event at these games who also won the last event in this format prior to this race, did not participate in the wake of crashing down a bank, into an unprotected 3 m (9.8 ft) deep gorge and landing on ice and rocks, resulting in five broken ribs and a pneumothorax

Pneumothorax

Pneumothorax is a collection of air or gas in the pleural cavity of the chest between the lung and the chest wall. It may occur spontaneously in people without chronic lung conditions as well as in those with lung disease , and many pneumothoraces occur after physical trauma to the chest, blast...

prior to the start of qualifying for the sprint event ten days earlier. This race also matched up the last four world champions in this event (Zavyalova: 2003, Bjørgen: 2005, Kuitunen: 2007

Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007

Cross-country skiing was one of the three disciplines of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007, held between February 22 and March 4, 2007 in Sapporo, Japan....

, and Kowalczyk: 2009.).

At the 7.1 km mark, the top three leaders were Størmer Steira (who finished eighth), Jatskaja (who finished 19th), and Kalla (who finished sixth). Kowalczyk, the defending world champion, led at the halfway mark, followed by Saarinen and Longa (who finished 12th). Bjørgen, the 2005 world champion in this event, held the lead at the 22.1 km mark, followed by Kowalcyzk and Saarinen, who changed skis at the 25 km mark. Kowalczyk's finish over Bjørgen was the closest in Olympic history, edging out Neumannová's 1.4-second win over Russia

Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Russia participated at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. It sent a total of 190 athletes to participate in all 15 of the Winter Olympic sports. Russia was a key part of the Soviet Union when it won the highest number of gold medals for the 1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1976, 1980 and 1988 Winter...

's Yuliya Chepalova at the previous Olympics in Turin

Turin

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Kowalczyk is the first woman from Poland to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics and only the second overall, after Wojciech Fortuna

Wojciech Fortuna

Wojciech Fortuna is a former Polish ski jumper who won the Olympic Gold Medal in the Large Hill at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo. The Gold Medal was Poland's first - and the only gold until Vancouver 2010 - in the Winter Olympics history.He competed from 1972 to 1976.-External links:...

's victory in the ski jumping individual large hill

Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics

-Large hill:February 11, 1972In the competition on the Okurayama jumping hill, conditions were "variable and unfair" according to a Norwegian account of the 1972 Games published in 2006, and the result is described as "the greatest surprise of all time on the jumping hill"...

event at the 1972 Winter Olympics

1972 Winter Olympics

The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XI Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated from February 3 to February 13, 1972 in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan...

in Sapporo. Saarinen earned her first individual Winter Olympic medal. 2003 champion Zavylova finished 23rd while 2007 champion Kuitunen finished 14th.

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Rank	Bib	Name	Time	Deficit
	1	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...	1:30:33.7	0.0
	5	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...	1:30:34.0	+0.3
	2	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	1:31:38.7
	10	Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle is a German cross country skier from Reit im Winkl who has competed since 1998...	1:31:52.9
	24	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....	1:31:56.5
	3	Charlotte Kalla Charlotte Kalla Charlotte Kalla is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2004. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec...	1:31:57.6
	20	Therese Johaug Therese Johaug Therese Johaug is a Norwegian cross-country skier. Johaug has competed for the clubs Tynset IF and IL Nansen.-Athletic career:...	1:32:01.3
	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...	1:32:04.4
	23	Anna Olsson	1:33:00.3
10	22	Karine Laurent Philippot Karine Laurent Philippot Karine Laurent Philippot is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1994. Her best World Cup finish was second in a 10 km event in China in 2007....	1:33:11.4
11	47	Kornelia Marek Kornelia Marek Kornelia Marek is a Polish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay, ninth in the team sprint, 11th in the 30 km, 35th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 39th in the 10 km events.At the FIS...	DSQ	DSQ
12	6	Marianna Longa Marianna Longa Marianna Longa is an Italian cross country skier from Livigno. She started the professional career in 1997, and the first appearance in a world cup race was March 17, 2000 in Bormio. Longa is currently part of the Fiamme Gialle, and the Italian cross country national team. Marianna is also a...	1:33:19.9
13	17	Riikka Sarasoja Riikka Sarasoja Riikka Sarasoja is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 2001. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished eighth in the team sprint, 13th in the 30 km, 21st in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit, and 31st in the 10 km events.At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009...	1:33:33.2
14	8	Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Kuitunen Virpi Katriina Sarasvuo is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1995 to 2010. She won a bronze medal in the team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and earned her best individual finish of fifth in the individual sprint event in those same games...	1:33:36.7
15	35	Aurore Cuinet Aurore Cuinet Aurore Jéan is a French cross-country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay, 15th in the 30 km, 24th in the individual sprint, 32nd in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event, and 47th in the...	1:33:58.3
16	25	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...	1:34:04.2
17	27	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...	1:34:07.7
18	26	Stefanie Böhler Stefanie Böhler Stefanie Böhler is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...	1:34:08.7
19	36	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...	1:34:11.0
20	16	Katrin Zeller Katrin Zeller Katrin Zeller is a German cross country skier who has competed since 1997. She won a silver medal in the 4 x 5 km relay at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....	1:34:18.1
21	15	Marthe Kristoffersen Marthe Kristoffersen Marthe Kristoffersen is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2006. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 21st in the 30 km and 49th in the 10 km event....	1:34:31.1
22	38	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...	1:34:32.3
23	9	Olga Zavyalova	1:34:46.3
24	33	Kikkan Randall Kikkan Randall Kikkan Randall is an American cross-country skier from Anchorage, Alaska. She is the niece of former cross-country skiing Olympians Betsy Haines and her brother, Chris Haines...	1:34:59.0
25	41	Sylwia Jaśkowiec Sylwia Jaśkowiec Sylwia Jaśkowiec is a Polish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay, ninth in the team sprint, 25th in the 30 km, 28th in the 10 km, and 34th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event.At the FIS Nordic...	1:34:59.1
26	30	Krista Lähteenmäki Krista Lähteenmäki Krista Lähteenmäki is a Finnish cross country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 26th in the 30 km and 53rd in the 10 km event....	1:35:08.4
27	42	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...	1:35:11.4
28	11	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	1:35:27.2
29	54	Paulina Maciuszek Paulina Maciuszek Paulina Maciuszek is a Polish cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay, 29th in the 30 km, 45th in the 10 km, and 52nd in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit events.At the FIS Nordic World Ski...	1:36:31.7
30	12	Olga Rocheva Olga Rocheva Olga Vladimirovna Rocheva is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the team sprint at Turin in 2006 and had her best individual finish of 14th in the individual sprint event at those same games.At the...	1:37:15.5
31	55	Madoka Natsumi Madoka Natsumi Madoka Natsumi is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. She earned the best individual finish of the host nation Japan at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo with a fifth place finish in the women's sprint event which was also her best individual finish at...	1:37:35.4
32	32	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...	1:37:50.4
33	28	Katerina Smutna Katerina Smutna Katerina Smutna is a former Czech national ski team member and currently an Austrian cross country skier. She grew up in Jablonec and after attempts with modern gymnastics became a member of ski club in the same town...	1:37:51.3
34	19	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...	1:37:53.0
35	48	Marina Matrossova Marina Matrossova Marina Matrossova is a cross country skier from Kazakhstan who has competed since 2008. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 35th in the 30 km event and 48th both in the individual sprint and 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit events.Matrossova's best World Cup finish was 12th in a...	1:38:00.6
36	46	Holly Brooks Holly Brooks Holly Brooks is an American cross country skier from Seattle, Washington who competed for Whitman College in 2001-04 and has competed recreationally since 2009. She has four victories in lesser events up to 10 km, all earned in 2009...	1:38:14.5
37	34	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....	1:38:18.3
38	14	Olga Schuchkina Olga Schuchkina Olga Schuchkina is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. She finished 38th in the 30 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....	1:38:30.3
39	29	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...	1:38:31.3
40	37	Eva Nývltová Eva Nývltová Eva Nývltová; born 6 February 1986 in Trutnov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech cross country skier who has competed at top-level since 2005. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 13th in the 4 x 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010 while earning her best individual finish of 33rd in...	1:38:40.1
41	31	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...	1:40:13.6
42	43	Tatjana Mannima Tatjana Mannima Tatjana Mannima is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of 17th in the 4 x 5 km at Turin at 2006 while her best individual finish was 41st both in the individual sprint and 30 km events at those same...	1:40:51.3
43	13	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....	1:41:01.6
44	51	Lada Nesterenko Lada Nesterenko Lada Nesterenko is an Ukrainian cross country skier who has competed since 1996. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, she finished 44th in the 30 km and 57th in the 10 km events....	1:41:40.1
45	45	Nastassia Dubarezava Nastassia Dubarezava Natassia Dubarezava is a Belarusian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 11th in the 4 x 5 km relay, 42nd in the individual sprint, 45th in the 30 km, and 54th in the 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit.At the FIS Nordic World Ski...	1:42:28.1
46	49	Madeleine Williams Madeleine Williams Madeleine Williams is a Canadian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.She competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in the 10 km freestyle and 15 km pursuit competitions. In the freestyle competition on 15 February, she placed 51st with a 27:43.6 time...	1:42:33.7
47	50	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....	1:44:03.5
48	53	Eva Skalníková Eva Skalníková Eva Skalníková is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, she finished 13th in the 4 x 5 km relay and 48th in the 30 km event....	1:44:47.8

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Valentina Shevchenko

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Ida Ingemarsdotter

Ida Maria Erika Ingemarsdotter is a Swedish cross country skier who has been competing since 2003. She finished eighth in the individual sprint at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo....

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Cécile Storti

Cécile Storti is a French cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she earned her best finish of sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Vancouver in 2010....

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Morgan Arritola

Morgan Arritola is an American cross country skier who has competed since 2005. Her best World Cup finish was 11th in a 4 x 5 km relay in Switzerland in 2007 while her best individual finish was 24th in a 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit event in Canada in 2008.At the FIS Nordic World...

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Laurence Rochat

Laurence Rochat is a Swiss cross-country skier who has competed since 1996. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5km relay at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and had her best individual finish with a 15th place in the Individual sprint at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.Rochat's best...

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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...

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Kamila Rajdlová

Kamila Rajdlová is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996. Her best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the 4 x 5 km relay at Oberstdorf in 2005 while her best individual finish was 11th in the 30 km event at Sapporo in 2007.Rajdlová's best finish at the...

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External links

2010 Winter Olympics results:Ladies' 30 km, Mass Start Classic, from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-26.

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