Para cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics – Women's sprint classical

Women's sprint (standing)
at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games
Women's sprint (standing); at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	17 from 10 nations
Medalists

Women's sprint (visually impaired)
at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games
Women's sprint (visually impaired); at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	14 from 10 nations
Medalists

Women's sprint
at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games
Women's sprint; at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games
	Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium
Dates	10 March
	←2022

The women's sprint competition of the 2026 Winter Paralympics was held on 10 March 2026 at the Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium.^[1]

Women's sprint (sitting)
at the XIV Paralympic Winter Games

Competitors

19 from 11 nations

Medalists

		Oksana Masters	United States
		Kim Yun-ji	South Korea
		Wang Shiyu	China

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
2	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
2	Russia (RUS)	1	0	0	1
4	Germany (GER)	0	1	0	1
4	South Korea (KOR)	0	1	0	1
6	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
7	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		3	3	3	9

Visually impaired

In the cross-country skiing 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.

Qualification

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	%	Real time	Delta	Result^[3]	Notes
1	201	Simona Bubeníčková Guide: David Šrůtek	Czech Republic	NS1	88	3:14.88		2:51.49	Q
2	205	Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin	Russia	NS1	88	3:18.99	+4.12	2:55.11	Q
3	202	Linn Kazmaier Guide: Florian Baumann [de]	Germany	NS3	100	3:03.79	+12.30	3:03.79	Q
4	203	Leonie Walter Guide: Christian Krasman	Germany	NS2	97	3:11.91	+15.12	3:06.15	Q
5	209	Cong Jihong Guide: Liu Jiaxuan	China	NS3	100	3:08.10	+16.61	3:08.10	Q
6	207	Maddie Mullin Guide: Brooke Ailey	Canada	NS3	100	3:11.08	+19.59	3:11.08	Q
7	208	Aneta Kobryń Guide: Bartłomiej Puto	Poland	NS2	97	3:19.11	+22.32	3:13.14	Q
8	206	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Artem Kazarian	Ukraine	NS3	100	3:19.69	+28.20	3:19.69	Q
9	210	Romana Lobasheva Guide: Anastasiia Shabaldina	Ukraine	NS3	100	3:23.96	+32.47	3:23.96
10	212	Yang Qianru Guide: Wang Guanyu	China	NS3	100	3:28.57	+37.08	3:28.57
11	211	Kotoha Matsudo Guide: Yuji Shimada	Japan	NS3	100	3:57.74	+1:06.25	3:57.74
12	213	Anna Grachova Guide: Yermek Ormantayev	Kazakhstan	NS3	100	4:20.67	+1:29.18	4:20.67
13	214	Taryn Dickens Guide: Lynn Maree Cullen	Australia	NS3	100	5:21.76	+2:30.27	5:21.76
	204	Johanna Recktenwald Guide: Emily Rose Weiss	Germany	NS2	97	Did not start

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	4	Leonie Walter Guide: Christian Krasman	Germany	NS2	0:18	3:21.2		Q
2	5	Cong Jihong Guide: Liu Jiaxuan	China	NS3	0:23	3:29.2	+8.0	Q
3	1	Simona Bubeníčková Guide: David Šrůtek	Czech Republic	NS1	0:00	3:31.8	+10.6
4	8	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Artem Kazarian	Ukraine	NS3	0:23	3:37.7	+16.5

Semifinal 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	2	Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin	Russia	NS1	0:00	3:24.0		Q
2	3	Linn Kazmaier Guide: Florian Baumann [de]	Germany	NS3	0:23	3:29.4	+5.4	Q
3	6	Maddie Mullin Guide: Brooke Ailey	Canada	NS3	0:23	3:41.4	+17.4
4	7	Aneta Kobryń Guide: Bartłomiej Puto	Poland	NS2	0:18	3:42.6	+18.6

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time^[4]	Deficit
	2	Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin	Russia	NS1	0:00	3:16.1
	3	Linn Kazmaier Guide: Florian Baumann [de]	Germany	NS3	0:23	3:24.7	+8.6
	5	Cong Jihong Guide: Liu Jiaxuan	China	NS3	0:23	3:30.2	+14.1
4	4	Leonie Walter Guide: Christian Krasman	Germany	NS2	0:18	RAL

Standing

Qualification

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	%	Real time	Delta	Result^[5]	Notes
1	103	Natalie Wilkie	Canada	LW8	92	3:08.13		2:53.08	Q
2	101	Vilde Nilsen	Norway	LW4	97	2:58.71	+0.28	2:53.35	Q
3	109	Kathrin Marchand	Germany	LW9	88	3:18.78	+2.10	2:54.93	Q
4	102	Sydney Peterson	United States	LW9	88	3:18.91	+2.23	2:55.04	Q
5	104	Liudmyla Liashenko	Ukraine	LW8	92	3:17.51	+9.38	3:01.71	Q
6	107	Danielle Aravich	United States	LW8	92	3:21.48	+13.35	3:05.36	Q
7	112	Yurika Abe	Japan	LW6	90	3:27.80	+15.49	3:07.02	Q
8	106	Oleksandra Kononova	Ukraine	LW8	92	3:24.96	+16.83	3:08.56	Q
9	105	Zhao Zhiqing	China	LW5/7	81	3:56.55	+22.87	3:11.61	Q
10	114	Guo Yujie	China	LW8	92	3:29.11	+20.98	3:12.38	Q
11	110	Emma Archibald	Canada	LW5/7	81	4:01.13	+27.45	3:15.32	Q
12	108	Iryna Bui	Ukraine	LW8	92	3:33.57	+25.44	3:16.48	Q
13	113	Alice Morelius	Sweden	LW8	92	3:37.38	+29.25	3:19.99
14	116	Darya Fedzkovich	Belarus	LW4	97	3:27.73	+29.30	3:21.50
15	111	Ellen Westerlund	Sweden	LW9	88	4:02.22	+45.54	3:33.15
16	115	Mika Iwamoto	Japan	LW8	92	3:53.93	+45.80	3:35.22
17	117	Tabea Dolžan	Slovenia	LW3	86	4:57.95	+1:36.69	4:16.24

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	1	Natalie Wilkie	Canada	LW8	0:26	3:31.4		Q
2	4	Sydney Peterson	United States	LW9	0:17	3:37.4	+6.0	Q
3	9	Zhao Zhiqing	China	LW5/7	0:00	3:42.2	+10.8	Q
4	5	Liudmyla Liashenko	Ukraine	LW8	0:26	3:47.3	+15.9
5	12	Iryna Bui	Ukraine	LW8	0:26	3:58.8	+27.4
	8	Oleksandra Kononova	Ukraine	LW8	0:26	Did not start

Semifinal 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	2	Vilde Nilsen	Norway	LW4	0:36	3:39.6		Q
2	3	Kathrin Marchand	Germany	LW9	0:17	3:44.2	+4.6	Q
3	6	Danielle Aravich	United States	LW8	0:26	3:49.4	+9.8	Q
4	11	Emma Archibald	Canada	LW5/7	0:00	3:53.0	+13.4
5	7	Yurika Abe	Japan	LW6	0:22	3:59.1	+19.5
6	10	Guo Yujie	China	LW8	0:26	4:04.5	+24.9

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time^[6]	Deficit
	2	Vilde Nilsen	Norway	LW4	0:36	3:31.3
	4	Sydney Peterson	United States	LW9	0:17	3:35.5	+4.2
	1	Natalie Wilkie	Canada	LW8	0:26	3:40.2	+8.9
4	3	Kathrin Marchand	Germany	LW9	0:17	3:42.1	+10.8
5	9	Zhao Zhiqing	China	LW5/7	0:00	3:43.4	+12.1
6	6	Danielle Aravich	United States	LW8	0:26	3:57.6	+26.3

Sitting

Qualification

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	%	Real time	Delta	Result^[7]	Notes
1	2	Oksana Masters	United States	LW12	100	2:29.32	–	2:29.32	Q
2	3	Kim Yun-ji	South Korea	LW10.5	87	2:58.38	+6.75	2:35.19	Q
3	4	Aline Rocha	Brazil	LW10.5	87	3:01.10	+9.47	2:37.56	Q
4	1	Anja Wicker	Germany	LW10	86	3:03.62	+9.99	2:37.91	Q
5	5	Wang Shiyu	China	LW12	100	2:42.71	+13.39	2:42.71	Q
6	13	Han Seung-hee	South Korea	LW10	86	3:11.56	+17.93	2:44.74	Q
7	7	Andrea Eskau	Germany	LW11	93	2:57.92	+17.36	2:45.47	Q
8	10	Valiantsina Biryla	Belarus	LW10.5	87	3:11.61	+19.98	2:46.70	Q
9	14	Lidziya Loban	Belarus	LW12	100	2:49.03	+19.71	2:46.70	Q
10	12	Nicole Zaino	United States	LW11.5	96	2:56.29	+20.75	2:49.24	Q
11	8	Christina Picton	Canada	LW12	100	2:50.10	+20.78	2:50.10	Q
12	9	Indira Liseth [no]	Norway	LW10.5	87	3:16.27	+24.64	2:50.75	Q
13	17	Lauren Parker	Australia	LW10	86	3:22.07	+28.44	2:53.78
14	16	Erin Martin	United States	LW10	86	3:24.22	+30.59	2:55.63
15	6	Merle Menje	Germany	LW11	93	3:09.06	+28.50	2:55.83
16	11	Elena de Sena	Brazil	LW12	100	2:57.52	+28.20	2:57.52
17	15	Lyne-Marie Bilodeau	Canada	LW12	100	3:09.70	+40.38	3:09.70
18	18	Nana Sato	Japan	LW10.5	87	3:39.49	+47.86	3:10.96
19	19	Arna Sigríður Albertsdóttir	Iceland	LW10	86	4:14.63	+1:21.00	3:38.98

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	1	Oksana Masters	United States	LW12	0:24	3:06.8		Q
2	4	Anja Wicker	Germany	LW10	0:00	3:12.5	+5.7	Q
3	5	Wang Shiyu	China	LW12	0:24	3:17.3	+10.5	Q
4	9	Lidziya Loban	Belarus	LW12	0:24	3:22.5	+15.7
5	12	Indira Liseth [no]	Norway	LW10.5	0:02	3:26.3	+19.5
6	8	Valiantsina Biryla	Belarus	LW10.5	0:02	3:29.3	+22.5

Semifinal 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	2	Kim Yun-ji	South Korea	LW10.5	0:02	3:01.1		Q
2	3	Aline Rocha	Brazil	LW10.5	0:02	3:05.0	+3.9	Q
3	7	Andrea Eskau	Germany	LW11	0:13	3:15.4	+14.3	Q
4	11	Christina Picton	Canada	LW11.5	0:24	3:20.9	+19.8
5	10	Nicole Zaino	United States	LW12	0:18	3:20.9	+19.8
6	6	Han Seung-hee	South Korea	LW10	0:00	3:26.1	+25.0

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Class	Start	Time^[8]	Deficit
	1	Oksana Masters	United States	LW12	0:24	3:07.1
	2	Kim Yun-ji	South Korea	LW10.5	0:02	3:10.1	+3.0
	5	Wang Shiyu	China	LW12	0:24	3:17.9	+10.8
4	7	Andrea Eskau	Germany	LW11	0:13	3:19.8	+12.7
5	3	Aline Rocha	Brazil	LW10.5	0:02	3:21.0	+13.9
6	4	Anja Wicker	Germany	LW10	0:00	3:24.7	+17.6

References

↑ "Competition Schedule - Para cross-country skiing". olympics.com. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
↑ "Milano Cortina 2026: How skiers with vision impairment and guides form a dream team". paralympic.org. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
↑ "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Classic Vision Impaired – Qualification – Results" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
↑ "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Classic Vision Impaired – Bracket" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
↑ "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Classic Standing – Qualification – Results" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
↑ "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Classic Standing – Bracket" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
↑ "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Sitting – Qualification – Results" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
↑ "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Sitting – Bracket" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

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[2] "Milano Cortina 2026: How skiers with vision impairment and guides form a dream team". paralympic.org. 12 February 2026. Retrieved 8 March 2026.

[3] "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Classic Vision Impaired – Qualification – Results" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

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[5] "Para Cross-Country Skiing – Women's Sprint Classic Standing – Qualification – Results" (PDF). milano-cortina2026.bornan.sport. 10 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.

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Para cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Paralympics – Women's sprint classical

Contents

Medal table

Visually impaired

Qualification

Semifinals

Final

Standing

Qualification

Semifinals

Final

Sitting

Qualification

Semifinals

Final

See also

References