Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 km Free

Women's 15 km Free at the X Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	March 14 March 15
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Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Sprint
1 km	men	women
Distance
5 km		women
10 km	men
12 / 15 km		women
15 / 20 km	men
Relay
3 x 2.5 km		women
1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km	men
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The Women's 15 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	1	1	0	2
2	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	1	2
3	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
4	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
6	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 nations)		3	3	3	9

Medalists[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
15 km Free – Visually Impaired	Germany (GER) Verena Bentele Guide:	Russia (RUS) Lioubov Vasilieva Guide:	Belarus (BLR) Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide:
10 km – Sitting	Belarus (BLR) Liudmila Vauchok	Canada (CAN) Colette Bourgonje	Ukraine (UKR) Olena Iurkovska
15 km Free – Standing	Russia (RUS) Anna Burmistrova	Ukraine (UKR) Iuliia Batenkova	Poland (POL) Katarzyna Rogowiec

Visually Impaired[]

In the cross-country skiing 15 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.^[2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	8	Verena Bentele Guide:	Germany	45:11.1
	7	Lioubov Vasilieva Guide:	Russia	48:34.1	+3:23.0
	4	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide:	Belarus	49:19.3	+4:08.2
4	9	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide:	Russia	50:50.9	+5:39.8
5	5	Robbi Weldon Guide: Brian Berry	Canada	53:36.9	+8:25.8
6	3	Nathalie Morin Guide:	France	54:42.1	+9:31.0
7	2	Guide:	Canada	1:01:59.1	+16:48.0
	6	Mikhalina Lysova	Russia	DNF
	1	Courtney Knight	Canada	DNS

Sitting (10 km)[]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	9	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	30:52.9
	10	Colette Bourgonje	Canada	31:49.8	+56.9
	11	Olena Iurkovska	Ukraine	32:43.5	+1:50.6
4	6		Ukraine	32:50.0	+1:57.1
5	8	Mariann Vestbostad	Norway	33:27.8	+2:34.9
6	7	Maria Iovleva	Russia	33:29.8	+2:36.9
7	12	Lyudmyla Pavlenko	Ukraine	33:30.1	+2:37.2
8	4	Andrea Eskau	Germany	33:46.0	+2:53.1
9	5	Monica Bascio	United States	34:33.9	+3:41.0
10	1		Denmark	35:36.0	+4:43.1
11	2		Russia	46:36.1	+15:43.2
	3		South Korea	DNF

Standing[]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	11	Anna Burmistrova	Russia	49:16.3
	7	Iuliia Batenkova	Ukraine	49:23.5	+7.2
	8	Katarzyna Rogowiec	Poland	51:04.1	+1:47.8
4	10	Oleksandra Kononova	Ukraine	51:29.5	+2:06.0
5	9		Switzerland	52:58.8	+3:42.5
6	3		Canada	55:37.0	+6:20.7
7	6		China	55:43.3	+6:27.0
8	4		United States	58:19.6	+9:03.3
9	2	Alena Gorbunova	Russia	58:43.7	+9:27.4
10	1		Sweden	59:01.8	+9:45.5
	5		Canada	DNF

References[]

External links[]

• 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver