The Women's team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 was held on 2 March 2011. Sprint qualifying at 12:00 CET with finals at 14:15 CET. The defending world champions were Finland's Virpi Kuitunen and Aino-Kaisa Saarinen while the defending Olympic champions were Germany's Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle and Claudia Nystad.[1][2] Kuitunen retired after the 2009-10 season.
| Women's team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Holmenkollen National Arena | |||||||||
| Date | 2 March 2011 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 19:25.0 | |||||||||
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Results edit
Semifinals edit
- Semifinal 1
| Rank | Heat | Bib | Country | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 |  Slovenia |
Katja Višnar Petra Majdič |
19:58.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | 2 |  Norway |
Maiken Caspersen Falla Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen |
19:59.6 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 3 |  Sweden |
Ida Ingemarsdotter Charlotte Kalla |
20:00.2 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | 5 |  Canada |
Perianne Jones Daria Gaiazova |
20:36.9 | q |
| 5 | 1 | 4 |  Japan |
Masako Ishida Madoka Natsumi |
20:41.0 | q |
| 6 | 1 | 7 |  Czech Republic |
Eva Nývltová Ivana Janečková |
21:08.1 | out |
| 7 | 1 | 6 |  Kazakhstan |
Oxana Yatskaya Tatyana Roshchina |
21:16.9 | out |
| 8 | 1 | 8 |  Ukraine |
Zoya Zaviedieieva Vita Yakymchuk |
22:45.7 | out |
- Semifinal 2
| Rank | Heat | Bib | Country | Athlete | Time | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 9 |  Finland |
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Krista Lähteenmäki |
20:04.0 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 10 |  Italy |
Arianna Follis Marianna Longa |
20:04.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | 12 |  United States |
Sadie Bjornsen Kikkan Randall |
20:31.9 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 11 |  Germany |
Stefanie Böhler Nicole Fessel |
20:33.9 | q |
| 5 | 2 | 13 |  Russia |
Anastasia Dotsenko Yuliya Ivanova |
20:48.6 | q |
| 6 | 2 | 14 |  Estonia |
Piret Pormeister Triin Ojaste |
20:55.6 | out |
| 7 | 2 | 16 |  Lithuania |
Lina Kreivenaitė Ingrida Ardišauskaitė |
22:50.2 | out |
| 8 | 2 | 15 |  United Kingdom |
Rosamund Musgrave Sarah Young |
23:31.8 | out |
Final edit
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athlete | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3 | Sweden |
Ida Ingemarsdotter Charlotte Kalla |
19:25.0 | |
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9 | Finland |
Aino Kaisa Saarinen Krista Lähteenmäki |
19:28.3 | +3.3 |
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2 | Norway |
Maiken Caspersen Falla Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen |
19:29.1 | +4.1 |
| 4 | 10 | Italy |
Arianna Follis Marianna Longa |
19:40.1 | +15.1 |
| 5 | 1 | Slovenia |
Katja Višnar Petra Majdič |
19:43.5 | +18.5 |
| 6 | 5 | Canada |
Perianne Jones Daria Gaiazova |
20:11.9 | +46.9 |
| 7 | 11 | Germany |
Stefanie Böhler Nicole Fessel |
20:12.8 | +47.8 |
| 8 | 4 | Japan |
Masako Ishida Madoka Natsumi |
20:19.1 | +54.1 |
| 9 | 12 | United States |
Sadie Bjornsen Kikkan Randall |
20:21.5 | +56.5 |
| 10 | 13 | Russia |
Anastasia Dotsenko Yuliya Ivanova |
20:23.3 | +58.3 |
References edit
- ^ "FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 women's team sprint final results" (PDF). FIS-Ski.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2009.
- ^ 2010 Winter Olympics 22 February 2010 Cross-country skiing women's team sprint results. Archived 7 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 24 June 2010.