The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Taizicheng.[1] The event was won by Therese Johaug of Norway.[2][3] The event was noted for its extreme weather, which many athletes complained. Temperature was −17 °C (1 °F) or −35 °C (−31 °F) with windchill, according to the International Ski Federation.[4]
| Women's 15 kilometre skiathlon at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center, Zhangjiakou | ||||||||||||
| Date | 5 February 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 44:13.7 | ||||||||||||
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Summary
editThe 2018 champion, Charlotte Kalla, qualified for the Olympics and was competing in the race, finishing 18th, and the 2018 silver medalist, Marit Bjørgen, retired from competitions. The bronze medalist, Krista Pärmäkoski, qualified. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Natalya Nepryayeva, and the distance leader was Frida Karlsson. Therese Johaug is the 2021 World Champion.
20 minutes into the race, the leading group consisted of Johaug, Kerttu Niskanen and Karlsson, skiing together, with Pärmäkoski, Ebba Andersson, Teresa Stadlober and Nepryayeva a few seconds behind. Then Pärmäkoski passed Andersson, with Johaug still in the lead. At 27 minutes, Johaug was 15 seconds ahead of the competitors, with Karlsson second, and Pärmäkoski and Niskanen further 6 seconds behind. Johaug continued to increase the gap and when she was 30 seconds ahead of the competitors, Nepryayeva and Stadlober overtaken Niskanen and Pärmäkoski, catching up with Karlsson. Pärmäkoski could not keep up with the rest of the group. Johaug comfortably finished first, 30 seconds ahead of Nepryayeva who outskied Stadlober at the finish line.
Qualification
editResults
editThe race started at 15:45.[5]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | 7.5 km classic | Rank | Pitstop | 7.5 km free | Rank | Finish time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3 | Therese Johaug |  Norway | 22:28.3 | 1 | 36.4 | 21:09.0 | 2 | 44:13.7 | |
 | 1 | Natalya Nepryayeva |  ROC | 22:42.3 | 7 | 37.0 | 21:24.6 | 5 | 44:43.9 | +30.2 |
 | 11 | Teresa Stadlober |  Austria | 22:38.7 | 5 | 45.7 | 21:19.8 | 4 | 44:44.2 | +30.5 |
| 4 | 8 | Kerttu Niskanen |  Finland | 22:31.0 | 2 | 34.7 | 21:44.1 | 7 | 44:49.8 | +36.1 |
| 5 | 2 | Frida Karlsson |  Sweden | 22:32.4 | 3 | 36.6 | 21:47.2 | 8 | 44:56.2 | +42.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Jessie Diggins |  United States | 23:26.4 | 11 | 36.0 | 21:01.8 | 1 | 45:04.2 | +50.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Krista Pärmäkoski | Finland | 22:33.6 | 4 | 33.3 | 22:05.2 | 9 | 45:12.1 | +58.4 |
| 8 | 20 | Anastasia Rygalina | ROC | 23:39.8 | 16 | 36.8 | 21:14.3 | 3 | 45:30.9 | +1:17.2 |
| 9 | 12 | Delphine Claudel |  France | 23:28.2 | 12 | 37.7 | 21:25.6 | 6 | 45:31.5 | +1:17.8 |
| 10 | 4 | Ebba Andersson | Sweden | 22:40.5 | 6 | 36.5 | 22:24.3 | 11 | 45:41.3 | +1:27.6 |
| 11 | 9 | Tatiana Sorina | ROC | 23:34.7 | 14 | 37.5 | 22:19.1 | 10 | 46:31.3 | +2:17.6 |
| 12 | 17 | Johanna Matintalo | Finland | 23:12.9 | 9 | 34.0 | 22:49.6 | 16 | 46:36.5 | +2:22.8 |
| 13 | 24 | Katherine Sauerbrey |  Germany | 23:25.9 | 10 | 39.1 | 22:32.5 | 12 | 46:37.5 | +2:23.8 |
| 14 | 10 | Rosie Brennan | United States | 23:32.0 | 13 | 44.6 | 22:48.8 | 15 | 47:05.4 | +2:51.7 |
| 15 | 5 | Katharina Hennig | Germany | 23:12.4 | 8 | 44.0 | 23:15.4 | 23 | 47:11.8 | +2:58.1 |
| 16 | 33 | Izabela Marcisz |  Poland | 24:01.6 | 17 | 36.3 | 22:52.8 | 18 | 47:30.7 | +3:17.0 |
| 17 | 41 | Sofie Krehl | Germany | 24:22.2 | 24 | 34.2 | 22:45.2 | 14 | 47:41.6 | +3:27.9 |
| 18 | 13 | Helene Marie Fossesholm | Norway | 24:33.4 | 29 | 34.2 | 22:41.4 | 13 | 47:49.0 | +3:35.3 |
| 19 | 18 | Charlotte Kalla | Sweden | 24:21.9 | 23 | 39.2 | 22:52.7 | 17 | 47:53.8 | +3:40.1 |
| 20 | 40 | Cendrine Browne |  Canada | 24:15.7 | 19 | 34.3 | 23:08.1 | 20 | 47:58.1 | +3:44.4 |
| 21 | 32 | Nadja Kälin |  Switzerland | 24:17.0 | 21 | 34.4 | 23:08.4 | 21 | 47:59.8 | +3:46.1 |
| 22 | 21 | Anne Kyllönen | Finland | 24:14.9 | 18 | 39.8 | 23:15.3 | 22 | 48:10.0 | +3:56.3 |
| 23 | 23 | Katherine Stewart-Jones | Canada | 24:16.4 | 20 | 38.2 | 23:22.7 | 25 | 48:17.3 | +4:03.6 |
| 24 | 15 | Yuliya Stupak | ROC | 23:38.0 | 15 | 46.7 | 24:02.8 | 40 | 48:27.5 | +4:13.8 |
| 25 | 22 | Pia Fink | Germany | 24:22.9 | 25 | 39.4 | 23:27.3 | 27 | 48:29.6 | +4:15.9 |
| 26 | 49 | Petra Hynčicová |  Czech Republic | 24:25.8 | 27 | 40.7 | 23:34.3 | 30 | 48:40.8 | +4:27.1 |
| 27 | 25 | Masako Ishida |  Japan | 24:26.3 | 28 | 37.3 | 23:41.1 | 35 | 48:44.7 | +4:31.0 |
| 28 | 36 | Dahria Beatty | Canada | 24:40.1 | 34 | 37.2 | 23:34.7 | 31 | 48:52.0 | +4:38.3 |
| 29 | 14 | Ragnhild Haga | Norway | 24:38.2 | 32 | 42.5 | 23:31.8 | 29 | 48:52.5 | +4:38.8 |
| 30 | 34 | Petra Nováková | Czech Republic | 24:36.5 | 30 | 38.5 | 23:37.7 | 32 | 48:52.7 | +4:39.0 |
| 31 | 53 | Jessica Yeaton |  Australia | 25:08.1 | 42 | 47.0 | 22:58.9 | 19 | 48:54.0 | +4:40.3 |
| 32 | 35 | Lydia Hiernickel | Switzerland | 25:06.6 | 41 | 36.9 | 23:15.5 | 24 | 48:59.0 | +4:45.3 |
| 33 | 38 | Li Xin |  China | 25:03.1 | 38 | 37.0 | 23:27.6 | 28 | 49:07.7 | +4:54.0 |
| 34 | 28 | Chi Chunxue | China | 24:45.5 | 35 | 42.1 | 23:40.7 | 34 | 49:08.3 | +4:54.6 |
| 35 | 39 | Masae Tsuchiya | Japan | 24:39.0 | 33 | 38.0 | 23:56.6 | 37 | 49:13.6 | +4:59.9 |
| 36 | 47 | Martina Di Centa |  Italy | 25:02.2 | 37 | 40.2 | 23:40.4 | 33 | 49:22.8 | +5:09.1 |
| 37 | 27 | Anna Comarella | Italy | 24:24.1 | 26 | 44.7 | 24:19.0 | 44 | 49:27.8 | +5:14.1 |
| 38 | 26 | Coralie Bentz | France | 25:05.8 | 40 | 42.7 | 23:45.9 | 36 | 49:34.4 | +5:20.7 |
| 39 | 56 | Keidy Kaasiku |  Estonia | 25:40.7 | 47 | 36.1 | 23:23.9 | 26 | 49:40.7 | +5:27.0 |
| 40 | 19 | Hailey Swirbul | United States | 24:17.6 | 22 | 39.7 | 24:45.2 | 54 | 49:42.5 | +5:28.8 |
| 41 | 45 | Cristina Pittin | Italy | 25:01.1 | 36 | 41.7 | 24:05.8 | 41 | 49:48.6 | +5:34.9 |
| 42 | 46 | Caterina Ganz | Italy | 24:37.1 | 31 | 47.4 | 24:29.4 | 48 | 49:53.9 | +5:40.2 |
| 43 | 29 | Dinigeer Yilamujiang | China | 25:26.8 | 45 | 42.2 | 24:01.7 | 39 | 50:10.7 | +5:57.0 |
| 44 | 64 | Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt | Canada | 25:27.3 | 46 | 32.7 | 24:11.7 | 42 | 50:11.7 | +5:58.0 |
| 45 | 16 | Moa Olsson | Sweden | 25:05.0 | 39 | 36.6 | 24:31.2 | 49 | 50:12.8 | +5:59.1 |
| 46 | 37 | Jialin Bayani | China | 25:41.2 | 48 | 38.7 | 24:00.3 | 38 | 50:20.2 | +6:06.5 |
| 47 | 55 | Carola Vila |  Andorra | 25:09.6 | 43 | 46.7 | 24:32.5 | 50 | 50:28.8 | +6:15.1 |
| 48 | 51 | Kseniya Shalygina |  Kazakhstan | 25:25.9 | 44 | 50.3 | 24:21.5 | 45 | 50:37.7 | +6:24.0 |
| 49 | 50 | Angelina Shuryga | Kazakhstan | 26:05.6 | 50 | 36.5 | 24:13.2 | 43 | 50:55.3 | +6:41.6 |
| 50 | 48 | Chika Kobayashi | Japan | 25:52.5 | 49 | 41.0 | 24:21.9 | 46 | 50:55.4 | +6:41.7 |
| 51 | 42 | Valeriya Tyuleneva | Kazakhstan | 26:07.8 | 51 | 41.4 | 24:41.6 | 52 | 51:30.8 | +7:17.1 |
| 52 | 43 | Miki Kodama | Japan | 26:17.4 | 52 | 45.9 | 24:45.0 | 53 | 51:48.3 | +7:34.6 |
| 53 | 30 | Julia Kern | United States | 26:31.7 | 53 | 40.1 | 24:53.7 | 55 | 52:05.5 | +7:51.8 |
| 54 | 54 | Kaidy Kaasiku | Estonia | 27:02.9 | 55 | 37.0 | 24:32.7 | 51 | 52:12.6 | +7:58.9 |
| 55 | 62 | Neža Žerjav |  Slovenia | 27:07.4 | 56 | 58.2 | 24:27.5 | 47 | 52:33.1 | +8:19.4 |
| 56 | 44 | Maryna Antsybor |  Ukraine | 27:08.4 | 57 | 37.3 | 25:08.3 | 56 | 52:54.0 | +8:40.3 |
| 57 | 60 | Nina Riedener |  Liechtenstein | 27:02.0 | 54 | 37.2 | 25:15.9 | 57 | 52:55.1 | +8:41.4 |
| 58 | 59 | Nadezhda Stepashkina | Kazakhstan | 27:26.4 | 58 | 48.8 | 25:20.1 | 58 | 53:35.3 | +9:21.6 |
| 59 | 61 | Magdalena Kobielusz | Poland | 27:32.7 | 59 | 53.5 | 25:45.8 | 59 | 54:12.0 | +9:58.3 |
| 60 | 58 | Viktoriya Olekh | Ukraine | 28:26.8 | 62 | 41.6 | 25:47.3 | 60 | 54:55.7 | +10:42.0 |
| 61 | 57 | Lee Chae-won |  South Korea | 28:01.6 | 61 | 49.3 | 27:01.7 | 61 | 55:52.6 | +11:38.9 |
| 62 | 52 | Yuliya Krol | Ukraine | 27:57.6 | 60 | 43.9 | 28:22.9 | 62 | 57:04.4 | +12:50.7 |
| 65 | Darya Rublova | Ukraine | 29:59.6 | 64 | 48.5 | Lapped | ||||
| 63 | Han Da-som | South Korea | 29:52.3 | 63 | Did not finish | |||||
| 31 | Patrīcija Eiduka |  Latvia | Did not start | |||||||
References
edit- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Winter Olympics 2022 - Norway's Therese Johaug storms to first gold in women's 15km skiathlon". TNT Sports. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ↑ "Medals update: Therese Johaug wins gold in cross-country skiathlon, the first medal of Beijing 2022". olympics.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ↑ "Olympic skiers are complaining of dangerously cold conditions in Beijing with subzero windchills pushing athletes to the brink of collapse". Insider. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
"If FIS says it's minus 17 degrees and it's windy, and it's minus 35 degrees with the windchill, what do you do then?" He was referring to temperatures in Celsius — minus 17 C is about 1 F, and minus 35 C is about minus 31 F.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.