Cross-Country Skiing 2018/Women's skiathlon

Women's skiathlon
General information
Sport	Cross-Country Skiing 2018
Date	10 February 2018
Competitors	62 athletes
Venue	Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Marit Bjoergen
Silver	Charlotte Kalla
Bronze	Heidi Weng
Conditions
Temperature	-3°C / 26.6°F
Length	15292 metres
Height	58 metres
Medalists
	Charlotte Kalla
	Marit Bjoergen
	Krista Parmakoski

The women's skiathlon of Cross-Country Skiing 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February 2018 in the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre. With 62 athletes competing, the event was won by Charlotte Kalla from Sweden, with Marit Bjoergen from Norway taking the silver medal and Krista Parmakoski from Finland taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of four rounds of 3.75 kilometres, of which the first two laps in the classic technique and the last half in the free technique. The athletes started simultaneously, with the competitor with the fastest time after 15 kilometres winning the event.

Preview

Sixty-two athletes qualified for the event with some of the Scandinavian competitors as the big favorites. The Norwegian delegation was always strong, with cross-country legend and defending champion Marit Bjoergen, world champion Heidi Weng, world championships silver medalist Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, and Ragnhild Haga. Charlotte Kalla had won three medals in Sochi and would want to continue her Olympic success, while Krista Parmakoski had also shown exceptional results in the previous four years. Other big medal contenders included Jessica Diggins and Teresa Stadlober, who just missed the podium at the world championships, and Justyna Kowalczyk, the reigning Olympic champion in the 10 kilometres of Sochi. Outsiders also included Nathalie von Siebenthal, Natalie Nepryaeva, Kerttu Niskanen, and Laura Mononen.

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	Charlotte Kalla	Sweden	40:44.9
	Marit Bjoergen	Norway	40:52.7
	Krista Parmakoski	Finland	40:55.0
4	Ebba Andersson	Sweden	40:55.8
5	Jessica Diggins	United States	40:59.6
6	Nathalie von Siebenthal	Switzerland	41:02.5
7	Teresa Stadlober	Austria	41:11.5
8	Natalia Nepryaeva	Olympic Athletes from Russia	41:17.9
9	Heidi Weng	Norway	41:25.6
10	Stina Nilsson	Sweden	41:33.8
11	Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg	Norway	41:43.2
12	Anastasia Sedova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	41:57.7
13	Anouk Faivre Picon	France	42:03.8
14	Masako Ishida	Japan	42:04.1
15	Ragnhild Haga	Norway	42:07.6
16	Kerttu Niskanen	Finland	42:15.2
17	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland	42:30.8
18	Yulia Belorukova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	42:51.0
19	Laura Mononen	Finland	42:53.0
20	Victoria Carl	Germany	42:54.4
21	Alisa Zhambalova	Olympic Athletes from Russia	42:59.1
22	Katharina Hennig	Germany	43:00.2
23	Aurore Jean	France	43:00.8
24	Johanna Matintalo	Finland	43:02.4
25	Stefanie Boehler	Germany	43:02.6
26	Elisa Brocard	Italy	43:17.6
27	Nadine Faehndrich	Switzerland	43:50.4
28	Petra Novakova	Czech Republic	43:55.6
29	Coraline Thomas Hugue	France	43:56.2
30	Sylwia Jaskowiec	Poland	43:56.3
31	Ewelina Marcisz	Poland	43:56.7
32	Anna Haag	Sweden	44:01.8
33	Cendrine Browne	Canada	44:01.9
34	Caitlin Patterson	United States	44:14.9
35	Sara Pellegrini	Italy	44:16.3
36	Anna Shevchenko	Kazakhstan	44:25.1
37	Anna Comarella	Italy	44:25.9
38	Katerina Berouskova	Czech Republic	44:32.7
39	Barbara Jezersek	Australia	44:39.3
40	Kikkan Randall	United States	44:47.2
41	Martyna Galewicz	Poland	44:51.3
42	Yulia Tikhonova	Belarus	44:57.1
43	Barbora Havlickova	Czech Republic	45:12.1
44	Emily Nishikawa	Canada	45:16.6
45	Tetiana Antypenko	Ukraine	45:31.2
46	Polina Seronosova	Belarus	45:34.9
47	Petra Hyncicova	Czech Republic	45:42.4
48	Anne-Marie Comeau	Canada	45:42.8
49	Ilaria Debertolis	Italy	45:44.6
50	Jessica Yeaton	Australia	45:44.8
51	Li Xin	China	46:01.9
52	Dahria Beatty	Canada	46:17.3
53	Maryna Antsybor	Ukraine	46:18.2
54	Yelena Kolomina	Kazakhstan	46:28.5
55	Chi Chunxue	China	46:39.0
56	Tatjana Mannima	Estonia	46:41.7
57	Lee Chae-won	South Korea	46:44.5
58	Rosie Brennan	United States	47:36.0
59	Manca Slabanja	Slovenia	47:57.8
60	Annika Taylor	Great Britain	48:09.1
-	Valeriya Tyuleneva	Kazakhstan	DNF
-	Nicole Fessel	Germany	DNS