Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint

The women's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1]

Women's sprint
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates11 February
Competitors67 from 31 nations
Winning time2:35.49
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Maiken Caspersen Falla  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ingvild Flugstad Østberg  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vesna Fabjan  Slovenia
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Qualification

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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 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[2][3]

Results

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Q — qualified for next round
LL — lucky loser
PF — photo finish

In November 2017, Yevgeniya Shapovalova, and later Natalya Matveyeva and Anastasia Dotsenko were disqualified from the event.[4][5] In January 2018, Shapovalova and Matveyeva successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as decision to disqualify them from Sochi Olympics at the court of arbitration for sport. The disqualification of Dotsenko was upheld.[6]

Qualifying

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Laurien van der Graaff and Greta Laurent
Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 5 Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway 2:32.07 Q
2 6 Katja Višnar   Slovenia 2:32.47 +0.40 Q
3 21 Marit Bjørgen   Norway 2:33.17 +1.10 Q
4 15 Vesna Fabjan   Slovenia 2:34.13 +2.06 Q
5 18 Ida Ingemarsdotter   Sweden 2:34.16 +2.09 Q
6 22 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Norway 2:34.18 +2.11 Q
7 10 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen   Norway 2:35.00 +2.93 Q
8 24 Denise Herrmann   Germany 2:35.11 +3.04 Q
9 19 Sophie Caldwell   United States 2:35.18 +3.11 Q
10 13 Stina Nilsson   Sweden 2:35.37 +3.30 Q
11 1 Anne Kyllönen   Finland 2:35.57 +3.50 Q
12 14 Jessie Diggins   United States 2:35.64 +3.57 Q
13 23 Gaia Vuerich   Italy 2:35.81 +3.74 Q
14 25 Alenka Čebašek   Slovenia 2:35.94 +3.87 Q
15 8 Britta Johansson Norgren   Sweden 2:35.98 +3.91 Q
16 17 Greta Laurent   Italy 2:36.30 +4.23 Q
17 27 Nika Razinger   Slovenia 2:36.55 +4.48 Q
18 11 Kikkan Randall   United States 2:36.67 +4.60 Q
19 12 Yevgeniya Shapovalova   Russia 2:37.03 +4.96 Q
20 16 Laurien van der Graaff   Switzerland 2:37.84 +5.77 Q
21 30 Aurore Jéan   France 2:37.96 +5.89 Q
DSQ 31 Anastasia Dotsenko   Russia 2:38.14 +6.07 Q
23 36 Perianne Jones   Canada 2:38.63 +6.56 Q
24 28 Mari Laukkanen   Finland 2:39.06 +6.99 Q
25 46 Petra Novaková   Czech Republic 2:39.44 +7.37 Q
26 2 Ida Sargent   United States 2:39.80 +7.73 Q
27 26 Daria Gaiazova   Canada 2:40.04 +7.97 Q
28 4 Mona-Liisa Malvalehto   Finland 2:40.08 +8.01 Q
29 9 Natalya Matveyeva   Russia 2:40.15 +8.08 Q
30 20 Hanna Kolb   Germany 2:40.17 +8.10 Q
31 32 Lucia Anger   Germany 2:40.22 +8.15
32 39 Ilaria Debertolis   Italy 2:40.29 +8.22
32 43 Man Dandan   China 2:40.29 +8.22
34 55 Maryna Antsybor   Ukraine 2:40.55 +8.48
35 35 Claudia Nystad   Germany 2:41.13 +9.06
36 37 Marion Buillet   France 2:41.30 +9.23
37 33 Riikka Sarasoja-Lilja   Finland 2:41.55 +9.48
38 38 Karolina Grohová   Czech Republic 2:41.75 +9.68
39 29 Alena Procházková   Slovakia 2:41.95 +9.88
40 34 Celia Aymonier   France 2:42.57 +10.50
41 40 Agnieszka Szymanczak   Poland 2:43.06 +10.99
42 44 Rosamund Musgrave   Great Britain 2:43.31 +11.24
43 41 Heidi Widmer   Canada 2:43.36 +11.29
44 42 Chandra Crawford   Canada 2:43.59 +11.52
45 57 Kateryna Serdyuk   Ukraine 2:44.12 +12.05
46 54 Elena Kolomina   Kazakhstan 2:46.37 +14.30
47 47 Valiantsina Kaminskaya   Belarus 2:46.76 +14.69
48 45 Triin Ojaste   Estonia 2:47.07 +15.00
49 62 Timea Sara   Romania 2:48.16 +16.09
50 50 Irina Khazova   Russia 2:48.64 +16.57
51 52 Li Hongxue   China 2:48.72 +16.65
52 3 Hanna Erikson   Sweden 2:48.83 +16.76
53 48 Nathalie Schwarz   Austria 2:49.54 +17.47
54 60 Teodora Malcheva   Bulgaria 2:49.66 +17.59
55 58 Daniela Kotschová   Slovakia 2:49.81 +17.74
56 49 Esther Bottomley   Australia 2:50.54 +18.47
57 53 Tatyana Ossipova   Kazakhstan 2:51.44 +19.37
58 51 Maryna Lisohor   Ukraine 2:53.22 +21.15
59 56 Inga Dauškane   Latvia 2:53.90 +21.83
60 67 Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova   Bulgaria 2:54.31 +22.24
61 59 Vedrana Malec   Croatia 2:54.60 +22.53
62 61 Ingrida Ardišauskaitė   Lithuania 2:55.24 +23.17
63 7 Sylwia Jaśkowiec   Poland 3:01.21 +29.14
64 65 Panagiota Tsakiri   Greece 3:02.75 +30.68
65 63 Jaqueline Mourão   Brazil 3:02.83 +30.76
66 64 Ágnes Simon   Hungary 3:04.72 +32.65
67 66 Kelime Çetinkaya   Turkey 3:05.00 +32.93

Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 1 Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway 2:33.23 Q
2 10 Stina Nilsson   Sweden 2:34.01 +0.78 Q
3 21 Aurore Jéan   France 2:35.55 +2.32 LL
4 11 Anne Kyllönen   Finland 2:37.07 +3.84
5 20 Laurien van der Graaff   Switzerland 2:37.95 +4.72
6 30 Hanna Kolb   Germany 2:38.43 +5.20
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 7 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen   Norway 2:37.01 Q
2 4 Vesna Fabjan   Slovenia 2:37.22 +0.21 Q
3 24 Mari Laukkanen   Finland 2:37.48 +0.47
4 14 Alenka Čebašek   Slovenia 2:37.69 +0.68
5 27 Daria Gaiazova   Canada 2:40.45 +3.44
6 17 Nika Razinger   Slovenia 2:43.61 +6.60
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 6 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Norway 2:36.62 Q, PF
2 5 Ida Ingemarsdotter   Sweden 2:36.64 +0.02 Q, PF
3 15 Britta Johansson Norgren   Sweden 2:37.86 +1.24
4 26 Ida Sargent   United States 2:39.05 +2.43
5 25 Petra Novaková   Czech Republic 2:47.52 +10.90
6 16 Greta Laurent   Italy 2:52.07 +15.45
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 2 Katja Višnar   Slovenia 2:36.45 Q
2 9 Sophie Caldwell   United States 2:37.21 +0.76 Q
3 12 Jessie Diggins   United States 2:38.06 +1.61
4 29 Natalya Matveyeva   Russia 2:38.66 +2.21
DSQ 22 Anastasia Dotsenko   Russia 2:38.83 +2.38 PF
6 19 Yevgeniya Shapovalova   Russia 2:38.83 +2.38 PF
Quarterfinal 5
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 8 Denise Herrmann   Germany 2:34.87 Q
2 3 Marit Bjørgen   Norway 2:35.42 +0.55 Q
3 13 Gaia Vuerich   Italy 2:35.65 +0.78 LL
4 18 Kikkan Randall   United States 2:35.70 +0.83
5 23 Perianne Jones   Canada 2:38.66 +3.79
6 28 Mona-Liisa Malvalehto   Finland 2:41.20 +6.33

Semifinals

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Semifinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 1 Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway 2:35.80 Q
2 4 Vesna Fabjan   Slovenia 2:36.02 +0.22 Q, PF
3 5 Ida Ingemarsdotter   Sweden 2:36.05 +0.25 LL, PF
4 7 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen   Norway 2:36.32 +0.52 LL
5 10 Stina Nilsson   Sweden 2:36:42 +0.62
6 21 Aurore Jéan   France 2:38.28 +2.48
Semifinal 2
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 6 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Norway 2:36.66 Q, PF
2 9 Sophie Caldwell   United States 2:36:67 +0.01 Q, PF
3 13 Gaia Vuerich   Italy 2:36.87 +0.21
4 8 Denise Herrmann   Germany 2:36.94 +0.28
5 2 Katja Višnar   Slovenia 2:37.76 +1.10
6 3 Marit Bjørgen   Norway 2:52.27 +15.61

Final

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The final was held at 17:29.[7]

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
  1 Maiken Caspersen Falla   Norway 2:35.49
  6 Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Norway 2:35.87 +0.38 PF
  4 Vesna Fabjan   Slovenia 2:35.89 +0.40 PF
4 7 Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen   Norway 2:37.31 +1.82
5 5 Ida Ingemarsdotter   Sweden 2:42.04 +6.55
6 9 Sophie Caldwell   United States 2:47.75 +12.26

References

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  1. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  4. ^ "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission findings". 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  6. ^ "THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT (CAS) DELIVERS ITS DECISIONS IN THE MATTER OF 39 RUSSIAN ATHLETES V/ THE IOC:28 APPEALS UPHELD, 11 PARTIALLY UPHELD" (PDF). THE COURT OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.