Cross-Country Skiing 2018/Women's sprint

Women's sprint
General information
Sport	Cross-Country Skiing 2018
Date	13 February 2018
Competitors	68 athletes
Venue	Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Maiken Caspersen Falla
Silver	Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg
Bronze	Vesna Fabjan
Conditions
Temperature	-7°C / 19.4°F
Length	1381 metres
Height	27 metres
Medalists
	Stina Nilsson
	Maiken Caspersen Falla
	Krista Parmakoski

The women's sprint of Cross-Country Skiing 2018 during the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 in the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre. With 68 athletes competing, the event was won by Stina Nilsson from Sweden, with Maiken Caspersen Falla from Norway taking the silver medal and Krista Parmakoski from Finland taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of a single lap of 1176 metres in the classic technique. The competition consists of four different phases, with all competitors setting a time in the qualification. The 30 athletes with the best time advance, after which the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final are head-to-head races between six athletes, with the first two advancing to the next round. The athlete with the fastest time in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Sixty-eight athletes qualified for the event with Stina Nilsson and Maiken Caspersen Falla as the big favorites for the gold medal. The latter was the reigning Olympic and world champion, but Nilsson had won eight out of the last ten races on World Cup level. Jessica Diggins won the silver medal at the world championships, as part of the American team that was very strong with also Sadie Bjornsen and Sophie Caldwell. Marit Bjoergen recorded the fastest times in the classical part of the skiathlon, and Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg had won the silver medal in 2014. Other outsiders included Katja Visnar, Laurien van der Graaff, Kathrine Rolsted Harsem, and Anna Dyvik.

Summary

Qualification

Qualification Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Stina Nilsson	3:08.74
2		Maiken Caspersen Falla	3:09.13
3		Krista Parmakoski	3:12.30
4		Hanna Falk	3:12.54
5		Katja Visnar	3:15.24
6		Natalia Nepryaeva	3:15.65
7		Jessica Diggins	3:15.76
8		Ida Ingemarsdotter	3:16.06
9		Sadie Bjornsen	3:16.12
10		Heidi Weng	3:16.28
11		Anamarija Lampic	3:16.57
12		Sophie Caldwell	3:17.06
13		Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg	3:17.35
14		Anna Dyvik	3:17.99
15		Yulia Belorukova	3:18.26
16		Sandra Ringwald	3:18.43
17		Kathrine Rolsted Harsem	3:18.48
18		Gaia Vuerich	3:19.01
19		Johanna Matintalo	3:19.04
20		Nadine Faehndrich	3:19.42
21		Laurien van der Graaff	3:19.62
22		Justyna Kowalczyk	3:20.00
23		Katerina Berouskova	3:20.09
24		Kerttu Niskanen	3:20.48
25		Katharina Hennig	3:22.64
26		Elisabeth Schicho	3:23.26
27		Anna Shevchenko	3:23.27
28		Lucia Scardoni	3:23.32
29		Alenka Cebasek	3:23.38
30		Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	3:24.02
31		Alena Prochazkova	3:24.61
32		Greta Laurent	3:25.54
33		Ida Sargent	3:25.80
34		Emily Nishikawa	3:26.75
35		Yulia Tikhonova	3:27.19
36		Hanna Kolb	3:27.84
37		Sylwia Jaskowiec	3:27.94
38		Ewelina Marcisz	3:28.11
39		Tatjana Mannima	3:28.57
40		Anastasia Kirillova	3:28.98
41		Polina Seronosova	3:29.44
42		Dahria Beatty	3:29.77
43		Karolina Grohova	3:30.91
44		Alisa Zhambalova	3:31.53
45		Petra Hyncicova	3:32.03
46		Aurore Jean	3:32.45
47		Valiantsina Kaminskaya	3:32.80
48		Jessica Yeaton	3:33.01
49		Li Xin	3:33.61
50		Lisa Unterweger	3:34.29
51		Cendrine Browne	3:34.30
52		Nika Razinger	3:35.11
53		Barbora Klementova	3:38.00
54		Tetiana Antypenko	3:38.56
55		Yelena Kolomina	3:39.22
56		Maryna Antsybor	3:40.17
57		Chi Chunxue	3:42.70
58		Aimee Watson	3:44.87
59		Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean	3:45.93
60		Valeriya Tyuleneva	3:47.27
61		Timea Lorincz	3:48.84
62		Patricija Eiduka	3:49.70
63		Casey Wright	3:49.80
64		Vedrana Malec	3:54.76
65		Gabrijela Skender	3:56.23
66		Anotniya Grigorova	3:59.77
67		Ju Hye-ri	4:11.92
68		Samaneh Beyrami Baher	4:47.91

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Stina Nilsson	3:10.70	Q
2		Krista Parmakoski	3:11.97	Q
3		Anamarija Lampic	3:12.46	LL
4		Kathrine Rolsted Harsem	3:14.87
5		Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	3:19.18
6		Anna Shevchenko	3:23.56

Quarterfinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Maiken Caspersen Falla	3:11.98	Q
2		Sophie Caldwell	3:12.39	Q
3		Ida Ingemarsdotter	3:14.58
4		Katja Visnar	3:20.49
5		Lucia Scardoni	3:22.49
6		Alenka Cebasek	3:30.87

Quarterfinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Hanna Falk	3:11.08	Q
2		Jessica Diggins	3:11.24	Q
3		Sandra Ringwald	3:13.76
4		Nadine Faehndrich	3:14.82
5		Kerttu Niskanen	3:19.84
6		Katerina Berouskova	3:27.43

Quarterfinal 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Yulia Belorukova	3:14.29	Q
2		Heidi Weng	3:15.68	Q
3		Sadie Bjornsen	3:16.75
4		Johanna Matintalo	3:16.92
5		Gaia Vuerich	3:21.65
6		Elisabeth Schicho	3:24.26

Quarterfinal 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Natalia Nepryaeva	3:11.78	Q
2		Laurien van der Graaff	3:12.15	Q
3		Anna Dyvik	3:13.09	LL
4		Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg	3:14.87
5		Justyna Kowalczyk	3:17.47
6		Katharina Hennig	3:19.55

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Stina Nilsson	3:10.52	Q
2		Maiken Caspersen Falla	3:10.55	Q
3		Hanna Falk	3:11.14	LL
4		Sophie Caldwell	3:11.32
5		Krista Parmakoski	3:12.04
6		Anna Dyvik	3:15.77

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Yulia Belorukova	3:10.12	Q
2		Jessica Diggins	3:10.72	Q
3		Natalia Nepryaeva	3:10.72	LL
4		Anamarija Lampic	3:13.95
5		Laurien van der Graaff	3:15.65
6		Heidi Weng	3:16.22

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time
1		Stina Nilsson	3:03.84
2		Maiken Caspersen Falla	3:06.87
3		Yulia Belorukova	3:07.21
4		Natalia Nepryaeva	3:12.98
5		Hanna Falk	3:15.00
6		Jessica Diggins	3:15.07

Results

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Stina Nilsson	Sweden
	Maiken Caspersen Falla	Norway
	Yulia Belorukova	Olympic Athletes from Russia
4	Natalia Nepryaeva	Olympic Athletes from Russia
5	Hanna Falk	Sweden
6	Jessica Diggins	United States
7	Anamarija Lampic	Slovenia
8	Sophie Caldwell	United States
9	Krista Parmakoski	Finland
10	Laurien van der Graaff	Switzerland
11	Heidi Weng	Norway
12	Anna Dyvik	Sweden
13	Ida Ingemarsdotter	Sweden
14	Sadie Bjornsen	United States
15	Sandra Ringwald	Germany
16	Katja Visnar	Slovenia
17	Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg	Norway
18	Kathrine Rolsted Harsem	Norway
19	Johanna Matintalo	Finland
20	Nadine Faehndrich	Switzerland
21	Gaia Vuerich	Italy
22	Justyna Kowalczyk	Poland
23	Kerttu Niskanen	Finland
24	Lucia Scardoni	Italy
25	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	Finland
26	Katerina Berouskova	Czech Republic
27	Katharina Hennig	Germany
28	Elisabeth Schicho	Germany
29	Anna Shevchenko	Kazakhstan
30	Alenka Cebasek	Slovenia
31	Alena Prochazkova	Slovakia
32	Greta Laurent	Italy
33	Ida Sargent	United States
34	Emily Nishikawa	Canada
35	Yulia Tikhonova	Belarus
36	Hanna Kolb	Germany
37	Sylwia Jaskowiec	Poland
38	Ewelina Marcisz	Poland
39	Tatjana Mannima	Estonia
40	Anastasia Kirillova	Belarus
41	Polina Seronosova	Belarus
42	Dahria Beatty	Canada
43	Karolina Grohova	Czech Republic
44	Alisa Zhambalova	Olympic Athletes from Russia
45	Petra Hycicova	Czech Republic
46	Aurore Jean	France
47	Valiantsina Kaminskaya	Belarus
48	Jessica Yeaton	Australia
49	Li Xin	China
50	Lisa Unterweger	Austria
51	Cendrine Browne	Canada
52	Nika Razinger	Slovenia
53	Barbora Klementova	Slovakia
54	Tetiana Antypenko	Ukraine
55	Yelena Kolomina	Kazakhstan
56	Maryna Antsybor	Ukraine
57	Chi Chunxue	China
58	Aimee Watson	Australia
59	Mathilde-Amivi Petitjean	Togo
60	Valeriya Tyuleneva	Kazakhstan
61	Timea Lorincz	Romania
62	Patricija Eiduka	Latvia
63	Casey Wright	Australia
64	Vedrana Malec	Croatia
65	Gabrijela Skender	Croatia
66	Antoniya Grigorova	Bulgaria
67	Ju Hye-ri	South Korea
68	Samaneh Beyrami Baher	Iran