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
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	March 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
	8	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich	Germany	45:11.1
	7	Liubov Vasilyeva 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)

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

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

1. "Cross-Country Skiing Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
2. Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – March 14 to 21, Vancouver 2010
3. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

External links

• 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver