| Date | 22 February 2010 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler | |
| Participants | 36 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Two-woman teams, each skiing three alternate legs of approximately 1,500 metres. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1,430 m Height Differential: 25 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Total Climbing: 44 m | |
Finland had won the World Championship in this event in 2007 and 2009, with two different teams, although Virpi Kuitunen was on both teams. But they entered a different team here, with 2007 champion Riitta-Liisa Roponen joined by Riikka Sarajosa. There were two semi-finals, with nine teams in each, the top three teams in each qualifying for the final, joined by the four teams with the next fastest four times. Finland made it to the final, but barely, placing sixth in heat one, and would never figure in the medal race in the final. In the final, Sweden took the early lead, led by Charlotte Kalla. After four legs, Sweden and Germany were virtually tied, with Russia another 1.2 seconds back, as the medals were decided. Kalla tried to make a break on the penultimate leg of the event, but by the final exchange the Russian team had caught up with her, followed closely by the Germans. German Claudia Nystad then tried to take a commanding lead in the final leg, but Anna Haag (SWE) closed the gap with the Russians falling back. With neither Nystad nor Haag able to make a decisive move, it was down to a sprint to the finishing line to determine the gold and silver medals. Coming into the home straight Nystad was the one who pulled away to win by 0.6 seconds from Haag. Russia skied comfortably to the bronze medal, with Italy almost seven seconds back in fourth.
| Date | 22 February 2010 — 10:45 |
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| Format | First 3 teams in each heat plus the four fastest losers qualify for final. |
| Time | 10:45 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
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| 1 | France |  FRA | 18:42.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Karine Philippot | – | 3:02.9 | 3:08.3 | 3:01.1 | ||||
| Laure Barthelemy | – | 3:01.7 | 3:07.2 | 3:21.0 | ||||
| 2 | Italy |  ITA | 18:43.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Magda Genuin | – | 3:02.5 | 3:08.9 | 3:07.9 | ||||
| Arianna Follis | – | 3:01.8 | 3:06.2 | 3:15.7 | ||||
| 3 | Germany |  GER | 18:43.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | – | 3:02.8 | 3:10.7 | 3:07.8 | ||||
| Claudia Nystad | – | 3:01.9 | 3:04.3 | 3:16.0 | ||||
| 4 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 18:48.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Irina Khazova | – | 3:05.6 | 3:09.7 | 3:04.9 | ||||
| Nataliya Korostelyova | – | 2:58.5 | 3:07.0 | 3:22.3 | ||||
| 5 | Finland |  FIN | 18:53.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Riitta-Liisa Roponen | – | 3:02.6 | 3:08.6 | 3:05.8 | ||||
| Riikka Sarajosa | – | 3:01.5 | 3:09.1 | 3:26.2 | ||||
| 6 | Japan |  JPN | 19:51.7 | – | – | – | ||
| Nobuko Fukuda | – | 3:12.9 | 3:14.1 | 3:26.1 | ||||
| Madoka Natsumi | – | 3:05.5 | 3:19.3 | 3:33.8 | ||||
| 7 | Ukraine |  UKR | 19:55.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Kateryna Hryhorenko | – | 3:21.5 | 3:21.6 | 3:20.6 | ||||
| Maryna Antsybor | – | 3:06.1 | 3:18.3 | 3:27.5 | ||||
| 8 | Switzerland |  SUI | 20:04.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Bettina Gruber | – | 3:13.9 | 3:29.8 | 3:37.6 | ||||
| Silvana Bucher | – | 2:56.9 | 3:10.4 | 3:36.0 | ||||
| Poland |  POL | [18:44.1] | – | – | – | |||
| Kornelia Marek | – | 3:05.5 | 3:09.1 | 3:05.9 | ||||
| Sylwia Jaśkowiec | – | 3:03.3 | 3:04.2 | 3:16.1 |
| Time | 11:10 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |  SWE | 18:35.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Charlotte Kalla | – | 2:59.2 | 3:05.4 | 3:05.8 | ||||
| Anna Haag | – | 3:01.0 | 3:03.4 | 3:21.1 | ||||
| 2 | Norway |  NOR | 18:47.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | – | 3:01.7 | 3:06.5 | 3:08.7 | ||||
| Celine Brun-Lie | – | 2:58.4 | 3:06.4 | 3:25.5 | ||||
| 3 | United States |  USA | 18:48.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Caitlin Compton | – | 3:05.0 | 3:09.5 | 3:14.0 | ||||
| Kikkan Randall | – | 2:57.2 | 3:07.4 | 3:15.8 | ||||
| 4 | Canada |  CAN | 18:54.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Dasha Gaiazova | – | 3:03.8 | 3:08.5 | 3:11.1 | ||||
| Sara Renner | – | 2:57.8 | 3:09.0 | 3:24.7 | ||||
| 5 | Slovenia |  SLO | 18:58.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Katja Višnar | – | 3:02.2 | 3:10.7 | 3:20.0 | ||||
| Vesna Fabjan | – | 2:58.3 | 3:06.9 | 3:20.8 | ||||
| 6 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 19:33.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Oksana Yatskaya | – | 3:02.5 | 3:09.6 | 3:25.4 | ||||
| Yelena Kolomina | – | 2:58.7 | 3:12.4 | 3:45.0 | ||||
| 7 | Belarus |  BLR | 19:52.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Katsiaryna Rudakova-Bulavka | – | 3:08.0 | 3:20.5 | 3:28.7 | ||||
| Volha Vasilionak | – | 3:02.5 | 3:16.5 | 3:36.1 | ||||
| 8 | Estonia |  EST | 20:02.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Triin Ojaste | – | 3:03.7 | 3:32.3 | 3:47.7 | ||||
| Kaija Udras | – | 2:58.6 | 3:14.2 | 3:25.7 | ||||
| 9 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 20:02.7 | – | – | – | ||
| Man Dandan | – | 3:07.4 | 3:30.0 | 3:36.4 | ||||
| Li Hongxue | – | 3:05.7 | 3:15.7 | 3:27.5 |
| Date | 22 February 2010 — 13:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
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| 1 | Germany | GER | 18:03.7 | – | – | – | ||
| Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | – | 3:01.1 | 2:59.3 | 2:58.0 | ||||
| Claudia Nystad | – | 2:55.8 | 3:00.1 | 3:09.4 | ||||
| 2 | Sweden | SWE | 18:04.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Charlotte Kalla | – | 2:58.5 | 2:59.5 | 2:57.9 | ||||
| Anna Haag | – | 2:57.8 | 3:00.5 | 3:10.1 | ||||
| 3 | Russian Federation | RUS | 18:07.7 | – | – | – | ||
| Irina Khazova | – | 3:03.6 | 3:02.3 | 2:57.9 | ||||
| Nataliya Korostelyova | – | 2:53.5 | 2:58.1 | 3:12.3 | ||||
| 4 | Italy | ITA | 18:14.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Magda Genuin | – | 3:00.7 | 3:02.6 | 3:01.8 | ||||
| Arianna Follis | – | 2:55.6 | 2:57.8 | 3:15.7 | ||||
| 5 | Norway | NOR | 18:32.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen | – | 3:06.4 | 3:02.3 | 3:07.1 | ||||
| Celine Brun-Lie | – | 2:55.6 | 3:00.1 | 3:21.3 | ||||
| 6 | United States | USA | 18:51.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Caitlin Compton | – | 3:07.5 | 3:08.6 | 3:12.2 | ||||
| Kikkan Randall | – | 3:01.7 | 3:06.7 | 3:14.9 | ||||
| 7 | Canada | CAN | 18:51.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Dasha Gaiazova | – | 3:03.5 | 3:06.4 | 3:13.3 | ||||
| Sara Renner | – | 2:57.5 | 3:09.4 | 3:21.7 | ||||
| 8 | Finland | FIN | 18:56.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Riitta-Liisa Roponen | – | 3:00.9 | 2:59.7 | 3:10.4 | ||||
| Riikka Sarajosa | – | 2:57.9 | 3:09.7 | 3:38.0 | ||||
| 9 | France | FRA | 19:04.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Karine Philippot | – | 3:08.1 | 3:08.3 | 3:07.8 | ||||
| Laure Barthelemy | – | 3:01.8 | 3:12.7 | 3:25.5 | ||||
| Poland | POL | [18:59.1] | – | – | – | |||
| Kornelia Marek | – | 3:07.1 | 3:10.6 | 3:08.6 | ||||
| Sylwia Jaśkowiec | – | 3:03.7 | 3:09.0 | 3:20.1 |
