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

Women's team sprint
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates19 February
Competitors34 from 17 nations
Winning time16:04.05
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Marit Bjørgen
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg		  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen		  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ida Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson		  Sweden
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The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 19 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1]

Results

The races were started at 14:05.[2]

In November 2017, Yuliya Ivanova was disqualified from the event meaning that the whole Russian team was also disqualified.[3]

Semifinals

Rank Heat Bib Country Athletes Time Note
1 1 1  Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Marit Bjørgen		 16:43.45 Q
2 1 3  Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson		 16:48.76 Q
3 1 2  United States Sophie Caldwell
Kikkan Randall		 16:51.36 LL
4 1 7  Switzerland Bettina Gruber
Seraina Boner		 17:02.14 LL
5 1 6  Canada Perianne Jones
Daria Gaiazova		 17:09.13
6 1 5  France Aurore Jéan
Célia Aymonier		 17:10.07
7 1 4  Italy Ilaria Debertolis
Gaia Vuerich		 17:35.98
8 1 8  China Man Dandan
Li Hongxue		 17:40.90
9 1 9  Kazakhstan Yelena Kolomina
Anastassiya Slonova		 17:49.66
1 2 11  Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen		 16:42.15 Q
2 2 13  Poland Sylwia Jaśkowiec
Justyna Kowalczyk		 16:49.43 Q
DSQ 2 14  Russia Anastasia Dotsenko
Yuliya Ivanova		 16:49.61 LL
4 2 12  Germany Stefanie Böhler
Denise Herrmann		 16:58.98 LL
5 2 15  Austria Kateřina Smutná
Teresa Stadlober		 16:59.50 LL
6 2 10  Slovenia Alenka Čebašek
Katja Višnar		 17:00.32 LL
7 2 16  Slovakia Alena Procházková
Daniela Kotschová		 18:51.94
2 17  Ukraine Maryna Lisohor
Kateryna Serdyuk		 DNS

On 19 February Ukrainian athletes asked for and were refused permission by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to wear black arm bands to honor those killed in the violent clashes in Kyiv the previous day.[4] According to press reports Lisohor and Serdyuk had refused to start because they had been denied to wear black arm bands.[5] The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured.[6]

Final

Rank Bib Country Athletes Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 1  Norway Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
Marit Bjørgen		 16:04.05 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 11  Finland Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Kerttu Niskanen		 16:13.14 +09.09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3  Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter
Stina Nilsson		 16:23.82 +19.77
4 12  Germany Stefanie Böhler
Denise Herrmann		 16:24.97 +20.94
5 13  Poland Sylwia Jaśkowiec
Justyna Kowalczyk		 16:35.54 +31.49
DSQ 14  Russia Anastasia Dotsenko
Yuliya Ivanova		 16:44.91 +40.86
6 7  Switzerland Bettina Gruber
Seraina Boner		 16:45.47 +41.42
7 2  United States Sophie Caldwell
Kikkan Randall		 16:48.08 +44.03
8 15  Austria Kateřina Smutná
Teresa Stadlober		 16:49.16 +45.11
9 10  Slovenia Alenka Čebašek
Katja Višnar		 16:57.98 +53.93

Medal ceremony

At the medal ceremony in Sochi on 20 February, the day after the race, all medals were awarded by IOC member H.R.H. Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and flowers to all medalists were awarded by Mats Årjes, FIS council member.

References

  1. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  3. ^ "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission findings". 14 July 2021.
  4. ^ Hockey heartache for hosts, Ukraine violence shocks Games, Reuters (19 February 2014)
  5. ^ (in Ukrainian) Ukrainians in Sochi did not come to Sprint, because they were forbidden mourning ribbons, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014)
  6. ^ (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian skier did not come to start in Sochi, the NOC said, but not because of Maidan, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014)