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

Women's 15 km Free
at the X Paralympic Winter Games

Paralympic cross-country skiing
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
DatesMarch 14
March 15
Cross-country skiing
at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Distance
5 km     women
10 km   men   women
15 km   men   women
20 km   men  
3 x 2.5 km relay     women
1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km relay   men  
Sprint
1 km   men   women

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]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia (RUS) 1 1 0 2
2  Belarus (BLR) 1 0 1 2
3  Germany (GER) 1 0 0 1
4  Ukraine (UKR) 0 1 1 2
5  Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
6  Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
15 km Free – Visually Impaired  Germany (GER)
Verena Bentele
Guide: Thomas Friedrich
 Russia (RUS)
Liubov Vasilyeva
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

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

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st 8 Verena Bentele
Guide: Thomas Friedrich
Germany 45:11.1
2nd 7 Liubov Vasilyeva
Guide: Natalia Yakimova
Russia 48:34.1 +3:23.0
3rd 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)

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st 9 Liudmila Vauchok Belarus 30:52.9
2nd 10 Colette Bourgonje Canada 31:49.8 +56.9
3rd 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

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st 11 Anna Burmistrova Russia 49:16.3
2nd 7 Iuliia Batenkova Ukraine 49:23.5 +7.2
3rd 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

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