Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 kilometre free

Women's 15 kilometre free at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea
Dates	11, 12 March
Competitors	39 from 14 nations
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Women's 15 kilometre free (visually impaired) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	9 from 5 nations
Medalists
Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide:  Belarus Oksana Shyshkova Guide:  Ukraine Mikhalina Lysova Guide:  Neutral Paralympic Athletes

Women's 15 kilometre free (standing) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Medalists
Ekaterina Rumyantseva  Neutral Paralympic Athletes Anna Milenina  Neutral Paralympic Athletes Liudmyla Liashenko  Ukraine

Women's 12 kilometre (sitting) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	19 from 10 nations
Medalists
Kendall Gretsch  United States Andrea Eskau  Germany Oksana Masters  United States

Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics
Sprint
1.1 / 1.5 km	men1	women1
Distance
5 / 7.5 km		women1
7.5 / 10 km	men1
12 / 15 km		women2
15 / 20 km	men2
Relay
4 × 2.5 km	mixed	open
1 classical style; 2 free style
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The Women's 15 kilometre free competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 11 & 12 March 2018.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Neutral Paralympic Athletes (NPA)	1	1	1	3
2	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
3	Belarus (BLR)	1	0	0	1
4	Ukraine (UKR)	0	1	1	2
5	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

15 km free visually impaired[]

In the cross-country skiing visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.^[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

The race was started on 12 March at 12:00.^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Real Time	Calculated Time	Difference
	46	Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide:	Belarus	49:41.5	49:11.7	–
	48	Oksana Shyshkova Guide:	Ukraine	49:49.4	49:19.5	+7.8
	47	Mikhalina Lysova Guide:	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	53:01.0	52:29.2	+3:17.5
4	49	Carina Edlinger Guide:	Austria	54:10.8	53:38.3	+4:26.6
5	43	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide: Anastasia Kirillova	Belarus	54:51.0	54:18.1	+5:06.4
6	45	Guide:	Ukraine	55:13.6	54:40.5	+5:28.8
7	41	Guide:	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	59:19.5	58:43.9	+9:32.2
8	42	Mia Zutter Guide:	United States	1:02:20.2	1:02:20.2	+13:08.5
	44	Guide:	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	DNF

15 km free standing[]

The race was started on 12 March at 12:15.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Real Time	Calculated Time	Difference
	61	Ekaterina Rumyantseva	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	56:23.6	49:37.6	–
	58	Anna Milenina	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	53:02.9	50:55.6	+1:18.0
	60	Liudmyla Liashenko	Ukraine	53:14.4	51:06.6	+1:29.0
4	59	Iuliia Batenkova-Bauman	Ukraine	54:01.6	51:19.5	+1:41.9
5	57	Emily Young	Canada	54:35.2	51:51.4	+2:13.8
6	55	Natalie Wilkie	Canada	54:23.4	52:12.9	+2:35.3
7	54		Japan	58:55.0	55:58.3	+6:20.7
8	56		Ukraine	59:39.9	57:16.7	+7:39.1
9	52		China	1:10:22.3	1:07:33.4	+17:55.8
10	51		United States	1:11:43.6	1:08:51.5	+19:13.9
	53		Poland	DNF

12 km sitting[]

The race was started on 11 March at 11:15.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Real Time	Calculated Time	Difference
	40	Kendall Gretsch	United States	39:51.6	38:15.9
	48	Andrea Eskau	Germany	41:16.9	38:48.3	+32.4
	49	Oksana Masters	United States	39:04.9	39:04.9	+49.0
4	47	Marta Zaynullina	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	39:09.0	39:09.0	+53.1
5	43		Neutral Paralympic Athletes	39:46.5	39:46.5	+1:30.6
6	45	Irina Gulyayeva	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	40:20.6	40:20.6	+2:04.7
7	42	Maria Iovleva	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	40:54.7	40:54.7	+2:38.8
8	39		China	48:42.5	41:53.4	+3:37.5
9	41		China	42:26.7	42:26.7	+4:10.8
10	44	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	45:25.1	42:41.6	+4:25.7
11	37	Valiantsina Shyts	Belarus	48:07.4	43:18.7	+5:02.8
12	34		South Korea	50:30.5	45:27.5	+7:11.6
13	33		South Korea	45:49.6	45:49.6	+7:33.7
13	35		China	48:45.1	45:49.6	+7:33.7
15	36	Aline Rocha	Brazil	49:19.9	46:22.3	+8:06.4
16	38		Neutral Paralympic Athletes	51:36.4	46:26.8	+8:10.9
17	32		Kazakhstan	48:51.9	48:51.9	+10:36.0
18	31	Cindy Ouellet	Canada	51:28.2	49:24.7	+11:08.8
	46	Birgit Skarstein	Norway	DNF

See also[]

• Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

References[]