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

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.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists 15 km Free – visually impaired Verena BenteleGuide: Thomas Friedrich Lioubov VasilievaGuide: Natalia Yakimova Yadviha SkorabahatayaGuide: Vasili Haurukovich10 km – Sitting Liudmila Vauchok Colette Bourgonje Olena Iurkovska15 km Free – Standing Anna Burmistrova Iuliia Batenkova Katarzyna Rogowiec

Visually impaired In the cross-country skiing 15 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 8 Verena BenteleGuide: Thomas Friedrich 45:11.1 7 Lioubov VasilievaGuide: Natalia Yakimova 48:34.1 +3:23.0 4 Yadviha SkorabahatayaGuide: Vasili Haurukovich 49:19.3 +4:08.2 9 Tatiana IlyuchenkoGuide: Valery Koshkin 50:50.9 +5:39.8 5 Robbi WeldonGuide: Brian Berry 53:36.9 +8:25.8 3 Nathalie MorinGuide: Stephanie Jallifier 54:42.1 +9:31.0 2 Margarita GorbounovaGuide: Robert D'Arras 1:01:59.1 +16:48.0 6 Mikhalina Lysova 1 Courtney Knight

Sitting (10 km) Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 9 Liudmila Vauchok 30:52.9 10 Colette Bourgonje 31:49.8 +56.9 11 Olena Iurkovska 32:43.5 +1:50.6 6 Svitlana Tryfonova 32:50.0 +1:57.1 8 Mariann Vestbostad 33:27.8 +2:34.9 7 Maria Iovleva 33:29.8 +2:36.9 12 Lyudmyla Pavlenko 33:30.1 +2:37.2 4 Andrea Eskau 33:46.0 +2:53.1 5 Monica Bascio 34:33.9 +3:41.0 10 1 Marianne Maiboll 35:36.0 +4:43.1 11 2 Svetlana Yaroshevich 46:36.1 +15:43.2 3 Vo-Ra-Mi Seo

Standing Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 11 Anna Burmistrova 49:16.3 7 Iuliia Batenkova 49:23.5 +7.2 8 Katarzyna Rogowiec 51:04.1 +1:47.8 10 Oleksandra Kononova 51:29.5 +2:06.0 9 Chiara Devittori-Valnegri 52:58.8 +3:42.5 3 Jody Barber 55:37.0 +6:20.7 6 Peng Yuanyuan 55:43.3 +6:27.0 4 Kelly Underkofler 58:19.6 +9:03.3 2 Alena Gorbunova 58:43.7 +9:27.4 10 1 Stina Sellin 59:01.8 +9:45.5 5 Mary Benson

References Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – March 14 to 21 , Vancouver 2010

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