The Women's 3 × 2.5 km Relay competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was held Thursday, March 18.
Each team used three skiers with a disability. The relay was an open class event, open for standing, visually impaired and sitting classifications. An athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide (class B1, B2, optional for B3). Guides are an integral part of cross-country skiing for athletes with a visual impairment, and are medal contenders.Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010
Results OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS , The Official site of the Norwegian Ski Federation Rank Bib Athletes Country Time Difference 1 Maria IovlevaMikhalina LysovaGuide: Alexey IvanovLioubov VasilievaGuide: Natalia Yakimova 20:23.27:28.76:27.86:26.7 3 Olena IurkovskaIuliia BatenkovaOleksandra Kononova 20:42.77:08.27:09.96:24.6 +19.5 2 Larysa VaronaLiudmila VauchokYadviha SkorabahatayaGuide: Vasili Haurukovich 22:04.27:21.87:52.96:49.5 +1:41.0 6 Colette BourgonjeRobbi WeldonGuide: Brian BerryJody Barber 22:21.28:11.67:18.16:51.5 +1:58.0 4 Shoko OtaYurie KanumaGuide: Norio OdairaMomoko Dekijima 22:21.57:04.28:20.56:56.8 +1:58.3 5 Anna MayerArleta DudziakKatarzyna Rogowiec 24:14.68:08.78:54.57:11.4 +3:51.4
See also Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay
References
External links 2010 Winter Paralympics schedule and results , at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver