The Women's 5 km Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics is held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition is scheduled for Thursday, March 18.
Visually impaired In the cross-country skiing 5 km Classic 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 11 Verena BenteleGuide: Thomas Friedrich 15:08.8 9 Mikhalina LysovaGuide: Alexey Ivanov 16:00.3 +51.5 10 Tatiana IlyuchenkoGuide: Valery Koshkin 17:18.4 +2:09.6 12 Lioubov VasilievaGuide: Natalia Yakimova 17:25.4 +2:16.6 4 Yadviha SkorabahatayaGuide: Vasili Haurukovich 17:34.8 +2:26.0 8 Robbi WeldonGuide: Brian Berry 17:40.9 +2:32.1 13 Oksana ShyshkovaGuide: Dmytro Artomin 17:44.9 +2:36.1 5 Yurie KanumaGuide: Norio Odaira 18:32.9 +3:24.1 6 Nathalie MorinGuide: Stephanie Jallifier 19:16.0 +4:07.2 10 3 Valentina NevidimovaGuide: Anatoly Mikhaylenko 19:45.6 +4:36.8 11 7 Courtney KnightGuide: Andrea Bundon 20:12.7 +5:03.9 12 1 Margarita GorbounovaGuide: Robert D'Arras 20:16.5 +5:07.7 13 2 Yoana ErmenkovaGuide: Iskra Olyanova 27:58.4 +12:49.6
Sitting Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 15 Liudmila Vauchok 14:56.6 1 Andrea Eskau 15:11.4 +15.8 16 Colette Bourgonje 15:16.4 +19.8 12 Olena Iurkovska 15:19.7 +23.1 14 Lyudmyla Pavlenko 15:23.9 +27.3 13 Francesca Porcellato 15:25.3 +28.7 9 Maria Iovleva 15:47.8 +1:02.2 8 Mariann Vestbostad 15:53.9 +1:08.3 11 Irina Polyakova 16:26.1 +1:20.5 10 5 Monica Bascio 16:32.4 +1:26.8 11 7 Nadiia Stefurak 16:45.9 +1:40.3 12 10 Tetyana Tymoshchenko 17:29.3 +2:32.7 13 6 Marianne Maiboll 17:35.2 +2:39.6 14 4 Vo-Ra-Mi Seo 21:46.4 +6:50.8 15 3 Svetlana Yaroshevich 23:42.3 +8:36.7 2 Svitlana Tryfonova
Standing Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 14 Oleksandra Kononova 16:01.3 18 Iuliia Batenkova 16:03.7 +2.4 7 Larysa Varona 17:38.2 +1:36.9 5 Stina Sellin 17:54.7 +1:53.4 11 Peng Yuanyuan 17:57.8 +1:56.5 6 Jody Barber 18:00.4 +1:59.1 13 Chiara Devittori-Valnegri 18:05.6 +2:04.3 4 Alena Gorbunova 18:06.2 +2:04.9 15 Maija Loytynoja 18:27.7 +2:26.4 10 8 Kelly Underkofler 18:37.2 +2:35.9 11 9 Shoko Ota 18:39.6 +2:38.3 12 16 Katarzyna Rogowiec 19:01.2 +2:59.9 13 12 Paola Protopapa 20:10.8 +4:09.5 14 1 Mary Benson 20:12.4 +4:11.1 15 10 Arleta Dudziak 20:43.8 +4:42.5 16 3 Anna Mayer 20:52.3 +4:51.0 2 Zhaojing Geng 17 Anna Burmistrova
References Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – March 14 to 21 , Vancouver 2010
External links 2010 Winter Paralympics schedule and results , at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver