Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 km Free

The Women's 15 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15.[1]

Women's 15 km Free
at the X Paralympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
DatesMarch 14
March 15
2006
2014

Medal summary edit

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)1102
2  Belarus (BLR)1012
3  Germany (GER)1001
4  Ukraine (UKR)0112
5  Canada (CAN)0101
6  Poland (POL)0011
Totals (6 entries)3339

Medalists edit

Games Gold Silver Bronze
15 km Free – visually impaired   Germany (GER)
Verena Bentele
Guide: Thomas Friedrich
  Russia (RUS)
Lioubov Vasilieva
Guide: Natalia Yakimova
  Belarus (BLR)
Yadviha Skorabahataya
Guide: Vasili Haurukovich
10 km – Sitting   Belarus (BLR)
Liudmila Vauchok
  Canada (CAN)
Colette Bourgonje
  Ukraine (UKR)
Olena Iurkovska
15 km Free – Standing   Russia (RUS)
Anna Burmistrova
  Ukraine (UKR)
Iuliia Batenkova
  Poland (POL)
Katarzyna Rogowiec

Visually impaired edit

In the cross-country skiing 15 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.[2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  8 Verena Bentele
Guide: Thomas Friedrich
  Germany 45:11.1
  7 Lioubov Vasilieva
Guide: Natalia Yakimova
  Russia 48:34.1 +3:23.0
  4 Yadviha Skorabahataya
Guide: Vasili Haurukovich
  Belarus 49:19.3 +4:08.2
4 9 Tatiana Ilyuchenko
Guide: Valery Koshkin
  Russia 50:50.9 +5:39.8
5 5 Robbi Weldon
Guide: Brian Berry
  Canada 53:36.9 +8:25.8
6 3 Nathalie Morin
Guide: Stephanie Jallifier
  France 54:42.1 +9:31.0
7 2 Margarita Gorbounova
Guide: Robert D'Arras
  Canada 1:01:59.1 +16:48.0
6 Mikhalina Lysova   Russia DNF
1 Courtney Knight   Canada DNS

Sitting (10 km) edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  9 Liudmila Vauchok   Belarus 30:52.9
  10 Colette Bourgonje   Canada 31:49.8 +56.9
  11 Olena Iurkovska   Ukraine 32:43.5 +1:50.6
4 6 Svitlana Tryfonova   Ukraine 32:50.0 +1:57.1
5 8 Mariann Vestbostad   Norway 33:27.8 +2:34.9
6 7 Maria Iovleva   Russia 33:29.8 +2:36.9
7 12 Lyudmyla Pavlenko   Ukraine 33:30.1 +2:37.2
8 4 Andrea Eskau   Germany 33:46.0 +2:53.1
9 5 Monica Bascio   United States 34:33.9 +3:41.0
10 1 Marianne Maiboll   Denmark 35:36.0 +4:43.1
11 2 Svetlana Yaroshevich   Russia 46:36.1 +15:43.2
3 Vo-Ra-Mi Seo   South Korea DNF

Standing edit

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
  11 Anna Burmistrova   Russia 49:16.3
  7 Iuliia Batenkova   Ukraine 49:23.5 +7.2
  8 Katarzyna Rogowiec   Poland 51:04.1 +1:47.8
4 10 Oleksandra Kononova   Ukraine 51:29.5 +2:06.0
5 9 Chiara Devittori-Valnegri   Switzerland 52:58.8 +3:42.5
6 3 Jody Barber   Canada 55:37.0 +6:20.7
7 6 Peng Yuanyuan   China 55:43.3 +6:27.0
8 4 Kelly Underkofler   United States 58:19.6 +9:03.3
9 2 Alena Gorbunova   Russia 58:43.7 +9:27.4
10 1 Stina Sellin   Sweden 59:01.8 +9:45.5
5 Mary Benson   Canada DNF

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross-Country Skiing Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Archived from the original on August 23, 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
  2. ^ Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – March 14 to 21 Archived April 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, Vancouver 2010
  3. ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

External links edit