Women's 30 kilometre freestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates22 February
Competitors57 from 24 nations
Winning time1:11:05.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marit Bjørgen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Therese Johaug  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kristin Størmer Steira  Norway

The women's 30 kilometre mass start freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 22 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1] Three Norwegian athletes, Marit Bjørgen, Therese Johaug, and Kristin Størmer Steira, took the lead from 1 km on and skied in the group, never being threatened by other competitors. At the finish line, Bjørgen won gold, Johaug finished second, and Størmer Steira was third. This is the first gold for Norway in women's 30 km race, and the first clean sweep in Olympic cross country skiing since 1992. For Bjørgen, this was the sixth Winter Olympic gold medal, which, together with Lidiya Skoblikova and Lyubov Yegorova, made her a woman with the largest number of Winter Olympics gold medals won. Størmer Steira won her first individual Olympic medal.[2] The defending 2010 champion Justyna Kowalczyk did not finish.

Qualification

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 20, 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[3]

Results

The race started at 13:30.[4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
1st place, gold medalist(s)2Marit Bjørgen Norway1:11:05.2—
2nd place, silver medalist(s)1Therese Johaug Norway1:11:07.8+2.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)10Kristin Størmer Steira Norway1:11:28.8+23.6
45Kerttu Niskanen Finland1:12:26.9+1:21.7
513Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová Czech Republic1:12:27.1+1:21.9
620Aurore Jéan France1:12:27.5+1:22.3
721Coraline Hugue France1:12:29.5+1:24.3
825Emma Wikén Sweden1:12:31.6+1:26.4
931Seraina Boner Switzerland1:12:35.0+1:29.8
1037Laura Orgué Spain1:12:37.3+1:32.1
1124Anna Haag Sweden1:12:40.1+1:34.9
1215Katrin Zeller Germany1:12:41.4+1:36.2
1334Elisa Brocard Italy1:12:42.0+1:36.8
1428Valentyna Shevchenko Ukraine1:12:42.6+1:37.4
1529Natalya Zhukova Russia1:12:56.7+1:51.5
1630Debora Agreiter Italy1:12:58.5+1:53.3
1726Anouk Faivre Picon France1:13:29.4+2:24.2
187Krista Lähteenmäki Finland1:13:37.6+2:32.4
194Heidi Weng Norway1:13:46.1+2:40.9
2033Teresa Stadlober Austria1:13:50.1+2:44.9
219Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Finland1:13:52.5+2:47.3
2248Li Hongxue China1:14:01.5+2:56.3
2312Masako Ishida Japan1:14:09.0+3:03.8
2411Liz Stephen United States1:14:11.8+3:06.6
2519Riitta-Liisa Roponen Finland1:14:51.6+3:46.4
2632Holly Brooks United States1:14:58.3+3:53.1
2716Kikkan Randall United States1:15:10.7+4:05.5
2822Irina Khazova Russia1:15:19.2+4:14.0
2935Barbara Jezeršek Slovenia1:15:35.8+4:30.6
3044Sylwia Jaśkowiec Poland1:15:47.6+4:42.4
316Charlotte Kalla Sweden1:16:18.5+5:13.3
3241Maryna Antsybor Ukraine1:16:22.7+5:17.5
3352Lee Chae-won South Korea1:16:38.2+5:33.0
3440Petra Novaková Czech Republic1:17:49.6+6:44.4
3549Kateryna Grygorenko Ukraine1:17:53.0+6:47.8
3618Sara Lindborg Sweden1:18:03.9+6:58.7
3714Jessie Diggins United States1:18:13.0+7:07.8
3839Paulina Maciuszek Poland1:18:44.7+7:39.5
3938Alena Sannikova Belarus1:18:46.3+7:41.1
4053Kornelia Kubińska Poland1:19:57.7+8:52.5
4136Ilaria Debertolis Italy1:20:22.2+9:17.0
4250Klara Moravcová Czech Republic1:20:56.4+9:51.2
4354Brittany Webster Canada1:21:05.5+10:00.3
4446Emily Nishikawa Canada1:21:38.6+10:33.4
4543Elena Kolomina Kazakhstan1:21:50.0+10:44.8
4642Amanda Ammar Canada1:22:03.7+10:58.5
4747Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Bulgaria1:23:05.6+12:00.4
4845Tatyana Osipova Kazakhstan1:23:52.6+12:47.4
4951Heidi Widmer Canada1:24:11.5+13:06.3
5056Vedrana Malec Croatia1:24:13.4+13:08.2
5157Aimee Watson Australia1:34:00.1+22:54.9
DSQ27Marina Piller Italy1:14:44.7+3:39.5
17Yuliya Ivanova Russia1:15:22.1+4:16.9
8Yuliya Chekalyova Russia1:15:46.6+4:41.4
3Justyna Kowalczyk PolandDid not finish
23Nicole Fessel Germany
55Teodora Malcheva Bulgaria

References

  1. ↑ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Cross country: Bjoergen leads rare Norwegian sweep". Reuters. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  4. ↑ Final results
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