Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's team sprint
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| Women’s team sprint at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center, Zhangjiakou | ||||||||||||
| Date | 16 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 52 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 22:09.85 | ||||||||||||
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| Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Qualification | ||
| Distance | ||
| Classical | men | women |
| Skiathlon | men | women |
| Freestyle | men | women |
| Relay | men | women |
| Sprint | ||
| Individual | men | women |
| Team | men | women |
The women’s team sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou.[1] Katharina Hennig and Victoria Carl of Germany won the event. Maja Dahlqvist and Jonna Sundling of Sweden won silver medals, and Yuliya Stupak and Natalya Nepryayeva, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, bronze.
Summary[edit]
The defending champions are Kikkan Randall and Jessie Diggins. Diggins qualified, Randall has since retired. The silver medalists were Charlotte Kalla and Stina Nilsson. Kalla qualified for the Olympics but didn't participate, and Nilsson switched to biathlon. The 2018 bronze medalists were Marit Bjørgen, who retired from competitions, and Maiken Caspersen Falla, who qualified. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Natalya Nepryayeva, and the sprint leader was Maja Dahlqvist. Jonna Sundling and Dahlqvist won the only team sprint event of the season. They are also the 2021 World Champions in team sprint and previously finished 1–2 in the individual sprint at the 2022 Olympics.
In the final, five teams, Sweden, Finland, Germany, the United States, and the Russian Olympic Committee, were skiing together, and at the last interchange were within 4 seconds from each other.
Qualification[edit]
Results[edit]
Semifinals[edit]
Final[edit]
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athletes | Time[3] | Deficit |
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 | 4 |  Germany | Katharina Hennig Victoria Carl | 22:09.85 | — |
 | 15 |  Sweden | Maja Dahlqvist Jonna Sundling | 22:10.02 | +0.17 |
 | 14 |  ROC | Yuliya Stupak Natalya Nepryayeva | 22:10.56 | +0.71 |
| 4 | 16 |  Finland | Kerttu Niskanen Krista Pärmäkoski | 22:13.71 | +3.86 |
| 5 | 1 |  United States | Rosie Brennan Jessie Diggins | 22:22.78 | +12.93 |
| 6 | 5 |  Austria | Teresa Stadlober Lisa Unterweger | 22:55.25 | +45.40 |
| 7 | 2 |  Switzerland | Laurien van der Graaff Nadine Fähndrich | 23:02.09 | +52.24 |
| 8 | 17 |  Norway | Tiril Udnes Weng Maiken Caspersen Falla | 23:15.28 | +1:05.43 |
| 9 | 20 |  Poland | Izabela Marcisz Monika Skinder | 23:48.01 | +1:38.16 |
| 10 | 21 |  France | Mélissa Gal Léna Quintin | 24:04.92 | +1:55.07 |
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) - ^ "Semifinals results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ^ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.