Sprint (Classical), Women
| Date | 13 February 2018 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Alpensia Cross-Country Centre, Alpensia Resort, Mountain Cluster, Daegwallyeong | |
| Participants | 68 from 28 countries | |
| Format | Final standings based on time achieved in last round competed in. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1,176 m Height Differential: 27 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Total Climbing: 43 m | |
The two dominant female cross-country sprinters were Norway’s Maiken Caspersen Falla and Sweden’s Stina Nilsson. Sochi gold medalist Falla, was also the reigning world champion and winner of the sprint ranking in the World Cup for the last three years. Nilsson was runner-up for the last two years in the World Cup, but in the current season she won three World Cup races, two in the freestyle and one in the classical style. In light snowfall, with strong winds, and in freezing cold temperatures, both skiers showed their potential throughout the competition. They clocked the fastest times in the qualifying round, won their respective quarter-final heats and finished one-two, when they competed in the same semi-final. Laurien van der Graaff from Switzerland, twice sprint winner this season, but a specialist in the freestyle, did not qualify for the final, after finishing fifth in her semi-final.
In the final, Nilsson and Falla were confronted with another Swede, Hanna Falk, USA skier [Jessie Diggins](, and two Olympic Athletes from Russia, Yuliya Belorukova and Nataliya Nepryayeva. Of these, only Belorukova could make any impact on the battle between the two favorites. She stayed on the heels of Nilsson when she started her attack in the second climb. Falla went past the Russian on the inside to move into second place. But Nilsson was clearly superior, and stormed to her first Olympic gold three seconds ahead of Falla. In the last descent, Belorukova closed in on Falla and both fought head-to-head on the final stretch. But Falla secured the silver 0.3 seconds ahead of Belorukova, who took home an unexpected bronze. Nepryayeva, Falk and Diggins were a considerable way behind in fourth, fifth and sixth place respectively.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Stina Nilsson |  SWE | 3:08.74 (1) | 3:10.90 (1 h1) | 3:10.52 (1 h1) | 3:03.84 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Maiken Caspersen Falla |  NOR | 3:09.13 (2) | 3:11.98 (1 h2) | 3:10.55 (2 h1) | 3:06.87 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Yuliya Belorukova |  ROC | 3:18.26 (15) | 3:14.29 (1 h4) | 3:10.12 (1 h2) | 3:07.21 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Nataliya Nepryayeva | ROC | 3:15.65 (6) | 3:11.78 (1 h5) | 3:10.72 (3 h2) | 3:12.98 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Hanna Falk | SWE | 3:12.54 (4) | 3:11.08 (1 h3) | 3:11.14 (3 h1) | 3:15.00 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Jessie Diggins |  USA | 3:15.76 (7) | 3:11.24 (2 h3) | 3:10.72 (2 h2) | 3:15.07 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | Anamarija Lampič |  SLO | 3:16.57 (11) | 3:12.46 (3 h1) | 3:13.95 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 8 | – | Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton | USA | 3:17.06 (12) | 3:12.39 (2 h2) | 3:11.32 (4 h1) | – | |||
| 9 | – | Krista Pärmäkoski |  FIN | 3:12.30 (3) | 3:11.97 (2 h1) | 3:12.04 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 10 | – | Laurien van der Graaff |  SUI | 3:19.62 (21) | 3:12.15 (2 h5) | 3:15.65 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | – | Heidi Weng | NOR | 3:16.28 (10) | 3:15.68 (2 h4) | 3:16.22 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 12 | – | Anna Dyvik | SWE | 3:17.99 (14) | 3:13.09 (3 h5) | 3:15.77 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 13 | – | Ida Ingemarsdotter | SWE | 3:16.06 (8) | 3:14.58 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 14 | – | Sadie Bjornsen | USA | 3:16.12 (9) | 3:16.75 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 15 | – | Sandra Ringwald |  GER | 3:18.43 (16) | 3:13.76 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 16 | – | Katja Višnar | SLO | 3:15.24 (5) | 3:20.49 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 17 | – | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | NOR | 3:17.35 (13) | 3:14.87 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 18 | – | Kathrine Harsem | NOR | 3:18.48 (17) | 3:14.87 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 19 | – | Johanna Matintalo | FIN | 3:19.04 (19) | 3:16.92 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 20 | – | Nadine Fähndrich | SUI | 3:19.42 (20) | 3:14.82 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 21 | – | Gaia Vuerich |  ITA | 3:19.01 (18) | 3:21.65 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 22 | – | Justyna Kowalczyk |  POL | 3:20.00 (22) | 3:17.47 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 23 | – | Kerttu Niskanen | FIN | 3:20.48 (24) | 3:19.84 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 24 | – | Lucia Scardoni | ITA | 3:23.32 (28) | 3:22.49 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 25 | – | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 3:24.02 (30) | 3:19.18 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 26 | – | Kateřina Beroušková |  CZE | 3:20.09 (23) | 3:27.43 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 27 | – | Katharina Hennig | GER | 3:22.64 (25) | 3:19.55 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 28 | – | Elisabeth Schicho | GER | 3:23.26 (26) | 3:24.26 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 29 | – | Anna Shevchenko |  KAZ | 3:23.27 (27) | 3:23.56 (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| 30 | – | Alenka Čebašek | SLO | 3:23.38 (29) | 3:30.87 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 31 | – | Alena Procházková |  SVK | 3:24.61 (31) | – | – | – | |||
| 32 | – | Greta Laurent | ITA | 3:25.54 (32) | – | – | – | |||
| 33 | – | Ida Sargent | USA | 3:25.80 (33) | – | – | – | |||
| 34 | – | Emily Nishikawa |  CAN | 3:26.75 (34) | – | – | – | |||
| 35 | – | Yuliya Tsikhanava |  BLR | 3:27.19 (35) | – | – | – | |||
| 36 | – | Hanna Kolb | GER | 3:27.84 (36) | – | – | – | |||
| 37 | – | Sylwia Jaśkowiec | POL | 3:27.94 (37) | – | – | – | |||
| 38 | – | Ewelina Marcisz | POL | 3:28.11 (38) | – | – | – | |||
| 39 | – | Tatjana Mannima |  EST | 3:28.57 (39) | – | – | – | |||
| 40 | – | Anastasiya Kirylava | BLR | 3:28.98 (40) | – | – | – | |||
| 41 | – | Palina Seranosava | BLR | 3:29.44 (41) | – | – | – | |||
| 42 | – | Dahria Beatty | CAN | 3:29.77 (42) | – | – | – | |||
| 43 | – | Karolína Grohová | CZE | 3:30.91 (43) | – | – | – | |||
| 44 | – | Alisa Zhambalova | ROC | 3:31.53 (44) | – | – | – | |||
| 45 | – | Petra Hynčicová | CZE | 3:32.03 (45) | – | – | – | |||
| 46 | – | Aurore Jean |  FRA | 3:32.45 (46) | – | – | – | |||
| 47 | – | Valiantsina Kaminskaya | BLR | 3:32.80 (47) | – | – | – | |||
| 48 | – | Jessica Yeaton |  AUS | 3:33.01 (48) | – | – | – | |||
| 49 | – | Li Xin |  CHN | 3:33.61 (49) | – | – | – | |||
| 50 | – | Lisa Unterweger |  AUT | 3:34.29 (50) | – | – | – | |||
| 51 | – | Cendrine Browne | CAN | 3:34.30 (51) | – | – | – | |||
| 52 | – | Nika Razinger | SLO | 3:35.11 (52) | – | – | – | |||
| 53 | – | Barbora Klementová | SVK | 3:38.00 (53) | – | – | – | |||
| 54 | – | Tetyana Antypenko |  UKR | 3:38.56 (54) | – | – | – | |||
| 55 | – | Yelena Kolomina | KAZ | 3:39.22 (55) | – | – | – | |||
| 56 | – | Maryna Antsybor | UKR | 3:40.17 (56) | – | – | – | |||
| 57 | – | Chi Chunxue | CHN | 3:42.70 (57) | – | – | – | |||
| 58 | – | Aimee Watson | AUS | 3:44.87 (58) | – | – | – | |||
| 59 | – | Mathilde Amivi Petitjean |  TOG | 3:45.93 (59) | – | – | – | |||
| 60 | – | Valeriya Tyuleneva | KAZ | 3:47.27 (60) | – | – | – | |||
| 61 | – | Timea Lorincz |  ROU | 3:48.84 (61) | – | – | – | |||
| 62 | – | Patrīcija Eiduka |  LAT | 3:49.70 (62) | – | – | – | |||
| 63 | – | Casey Wright | AUS | 3:49.80 (63) | – | – | – | |||
| 64 | – | Vedrana Malec |  CRO | 3:54.76 (64) | – | – | – | |||
| 65 | – | Gabrijela Skender | CRO | 3:56.23 (65) | – | – | – | |||
| 66 | – | Antoniya Grigorova |  BUL | 3:59.77 (66) | – | – | – | |||
| 67 | – | Ju Hye-Ri |  KOR | 4:11.92 (67) | – | – | – | |||
| 68 | – | Samaneh Beyrami Baher |  IRI | 4:47.91 (68) | – | – | – |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 17:30 |
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| Format | Top 30 finishers advance to quarter-finals. |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 20:00 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 20:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stina Nilsson | SWE | 3:10.90 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Krista Pärmäkoski | FIN | 3:11.97 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Anamarija Lampič | SLO | 3:12.46 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Kathrine Harsem | NOR | 3:14.87 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen | FIN | 3:19.18 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Anna Shevchenko | KAZ | 3:23.56 |
Heat #2
| Time | 20:05 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | NOR | 3:11.98 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton | USA | 3:12.39 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Ida Ingemarsdotter | SWE | 3:14.58 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Katja Višnar | SLO | 3:20.49 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Lucia Scardoni | ITA | 3:22.49 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Alenka Čebašek | SLO | 3:30.87 |
Heat #3
| Time | 20:10 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Hanna Falk | SWE | 3:11.08 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Jessie Diggins | USA | 3:11.24 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Sandra Ringwald | GER | 3:13.76 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Nadine Fähndrich | SUI | 3:14.82 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Kerttu Niskanen | FIN | 3:19.84 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Kateřina Beroušková | CZE | 3:27.43 |
Heat #4
| Time | 20:15 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Yuliya Belorukova | ROC | 3:14.29 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Heidi Weng | NOR | 3:15.68 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Sadie Bjornsen | USA | 3:16.75 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Johanna Matintalo | FIN | 3:16.92 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Gaia Vuerich | ITA | 3:21.65 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Elisabeth Schicho | GER | 3:24.26 |
Heat #5
| Time | 20:20 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Nataliya Nepryayeva | ROC | 3:11.78 | ||
| 2 | 4 | Laurien van der Graaff | SUI | 3:12.15 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Anna Dyvik | SWE | 3:13.09 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | NOR | 3:14.87 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Justyna Kowalczyk | POL | 3:17.47 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Katharina Hennig | GER | 3:19.55 |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 20:55 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to final. |
Heat #1
| Time | 20:55 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Stina Nilsson | SWE | 3:10.52 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | NOR | 3:10.55 | ||
| 3 | 3 | Hanna Falk | SWE | 3:11.14 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Sophie Caldwell-Hamilton | USA | 3:11.32 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Krista Pärmäkoski | FIN | 3:12.04 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Anna Dyvik | SWE | 3:15.77 |
Heat #2
| Time | 21:00 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Yuliya Belorukova | ROC | 3:10.12 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Jessie Diggins | USA | 3:10.72 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Nataliya Nepryayeva | ROC | 3:10.72 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Anamarija Lampič | SLO | 3:13.95 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Laurien van der Graaff | SUI | 3:15.65 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Heidi Weng | NOR | 3:16.22 |
Final Round
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 21:25 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stina Nilsson | SWE | 3:03.84 | ||
| 2 | Maiken Caspersen Falla | NOR | 3:06.87 | ||
| 3 | Yuliya Belorukova | ROC | 3:07.21 | ||
| 4 | Nataliya Nepryayeva | ROC | 3:12.98 | ||
| 5 | Hanna Falk | SWE | 3:15.00 | ||
| 6 | Jessie Diggins | USA | 3:15.07 |