The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Taizicheng. The event was won by Therese Johaug of Norway. The event was noted for its extreme weather, which many athletes complained. Temperature was or with windchill, according to the International Ski Federation.
Summary The 2018 champion, Charlotte Kalla, qualified for the Olympics and was competing in the race, finishing 18th, and the 2018 silver medalist, Marit Bjørgen, retired from competitions. The bronze medalist, Krista Pärmäkoski, qualified. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Natalya Nepryayeva, and the distance leader was Frida Karlsson. Therese Johaug is the 2021 World Champion.
20 minutes into the race, the leading group consisted of Johaug, Kerttu Niskanen and Karlsson, skiing together, with Pärmäkoski, Ebba Andersson, Teresa Stadlober and Nepryayeva a few seconds behind. Then Pärmäkoski passed Andersson, with Johaug still in the lead. At 27 minutes, Johaug was 15 seconds ahead of the competitors, with Karlsson second, and Pärmäkoski and Niskanen further 6 seconds behind. Johaug continued to increase the gap and when she was 30 seconds ahead of the competitors, Nepryayeva and Stadlober overtaken Niskanen and Pärmäkoski, catching up with Karlsson. Pärmäkoski could not keep up with the rest of the group. Johaug comfortably finished first, 30 seconds ahead of Nepryayeva who outskied Stadlober at the finish line.
Qualification
Results The race started at 15:45.
Rank Bib Name Country 7.5 km classic Rank Pitstop 7.5 km free Rank Finish time Deficit 3 Therese Johaug 22:28.3 1 36.4 21:09.0 2 44:13.7 1 Natalya Nepryayeva 22:42.3 7 37.0 21:24.6 5 44:43.9 11 Teresa Stadlober 22:38.7 5 45.7 21:19.8 4 44:44.2 4 8 Kerttu Niskanen 22:31.0 2 34.7 21:44.1 7 44:49.8 5 2 Frida Karlsson 22:32.4 3 36.6 21:47.2 8 44:56.2 6 6 Jessie Diggins 23:26.4 11 36.0 21:01.8 1 45:04.2 7 7 Krista Pärmäkoski 22:33.6 4 33.3 22:05.2 9 45:12.1 8 20 Anastasia Rygalina 23:39.8 16 36.8 21:14.3 3 45:30.9 +1:17.2 9 12 Delphine Claudel 23:28.2 12 37.7 21:25.6 6 45:31.5 +1:17.8 10 4 Ebba Andersson 22:40.5 6 36.5 22:24.3 11 45:41.3 +1:27.6 11 9 Tatiana Sorina 23:34.7 14 37.5 22:19.1 10 46:31.3 +2:17.6 12 17 Johanna Matintalo 23:12.9 9 34.0 22:49.6 16 46:36.5 +2:22.8 13 24 Katherine Sauerbrey 23:25.9 10 39.1 22:32.5 12 46:37.5 +2:23.8 14 10 Rosie Brennan 23:32.0 13 44.6 22:48.8 15 47:05.4 +2:51.7 15 5 Katharina Hennig 23:12.4 8 44.0 23:15.4 23 47:11.8 +2:58.1 16 33 Izabela Marcisz 24:01.6 17 36.3 22:52.8 18 47:30.7 +3:17.0 17 41 Sofie Krehl 24:22.2 24 34.2 22:45.2 14 47:41.6 +3:27.9 18 13 Helene Marie Fossesholm 24:33.4 29 34.2 22:41.4 13 47:49.0 +3:35.3 19 18 Charlotte Kalla 24:21.9 23 39.2 22:52.7 17 47:53.8 +3:40.1 20 40 Cendrine Browne 24:15.7 19 34.3 23:08.1 20 47:58.1 +3:44.4 21 32 Nadja Kälin 24:17.0 21 34.4 23:08.4 21 47:59.8 +3:46.1 22 21 Anne Kyllönen 24:14.9 18 39.8 23:15.3 22 48:10.0 +3:56.3 23 23 Katherine Stewart-Jones 24:16.4 20 38.2 23:22.7 25 48:17.3 +4:03.6 24 15 Yuliya Stupak 23:38.0 15 46.7 24:02.8 40 48:27.5 +4:13.8 25 22 Pia Fink 24:22.9 25 39.4 23:27.3 27 48:29.6 +4:15.9 26 49 Petra Hynčicová 24:25.8 27 40.7 23:34.3 30 48:40.8 +4:27.1 27 25 Masako Ishida 24:26.3 28 37.3 23:41.1 35 48:44.7 +4:31.0 28 36 Dahria Beatty 24:40.1 34 37.2 23:34.7 31 48:52.0 +4:38.3 29 14 Ragnhild Haga 24:38.2 32 42.5 23:31.8 29 48:52.5 +4:38.8 30 34 Petra Nováková 24:36.5 30 38.5 23:37.7 32 48:52.7 +4:39.0 31 53 Jessica Yeaton 25:08.1 42 47.0 22:58.9 19 48:54.0 +4:40.3 32 35 Lydia Hiernickel 25:06.6 41 36.9 23:15.5 24 48:59.0 +4:45.3 33 38 Li Xin 25:03.1 38 37.0 23:27.6 28 49:07.7 +4:54.0 34 28 Chi Chunxue 24:45.5 35 42.1 23:40.7 34 49:08.3 +4:54.6 35 39 Masae Tsuchiya 24:39.0 33 38.0 23:56.6 37 49:13.6 +4:59.9 36 47 Martina Di Centa 25:02.2 37 40.2 23:40.4 33 49:22.8 +5:09.1 37 27 Anna Comarella 24:24.1 26 44.7 24:19.0 44 49:27.8 +5:14.1 38 26 Coralie Bentz 25:05.8 40 42.7 23:45.9 36 49:34.4 +5:20.7 39 56 Keidy Kaasiku 25:40.7 47 36.1 23:23.9 26 49:40.7 +5:27.0 40 19 Hailey Swirbul 24:17.6 22 39.7 24:45.2 54 49:42.5 +5:28.8 41 45 Cristina Pittin 25:01.1 36 41.7 24:05.8 41 49:48.6 +5:34.9 42 46 Caterina Ganz 24:37.1 31 47.4 24:29.4 48 49:53.9 +5:40.2 43 29 Dinigeer Yilamujiang 25:26.8 45 42.2 24:01.7 39 50:10.7 +5:57.0 44 64 Olivia Bouffard-Nesbitt 25:27.3 46 32.7 24:11.7 42 50:11.7 +5:58.0 45 16 Moa Olsson 25:05.0 39 36.6 24:31.2 49 50:12.8 +5:59.1 46 37 Jialin Bayani 25:41.2 48 38.7 24:00.3 38 50:20.2 +6:06.5 47 55 Carola Vila 25:09.6 43 46.7 24:32.5 50 50:28.8 +6:15.1 48 51 Kseniya Shalygina 25:25.9 44 50.3 24:21.5 45 50:37.7 +6:24.0 49 50 Angelina Shuryga 26:05.6 50 36.5 24:13.2 43 50:55.3 +6:41.6 50 48 Chika Kobayashi 25:52.5 49 41.0 24:21.9 46 50:55.4 +6:41.7 51 42 Valeriya Tyuleneva 26:07.8 51 41.4 24:41.6 52 51:30.8 +7:17.1 52 43 Miki Kodama 26:17.4 52 45.9 24:45.0 53 51:48.3 +7:34.6 53 30 Julia Kern 26:31.7 53 40.1 24:53.7 55 52:05.5 +7:51.8 54 54 Kaidy Kaasiku 27:02.9 55 37.0 24:32.7 51 52:12.6 +7:58.9 55 62 Neža Žerjav 27:07.4 56 58.2 24:27.5 47 52:33.1 +8:19.4 56 44 Maryna Antsybor 27:08.4 57 37.3 25:08.3 56 52:54.0 +8:40.3 57 60 Nina Riedener 27:02.0 54 37.2 25:15.9 57 52:55.1 +8:41.4 58 59 Nadezhda Stepashkina 27:26.4 58 48.8 25:20.1 58 53:35.3 +9:21.6 59 61 Magdalena Kobielusz 27:32.7 59 53.5 25:45.8 59 54:12.0 +9:58.3 60 58 Viktoriya Olekh 28:26.8 62 41.6 25:47.3 60 54:55.7 +10:42.0 61 57 Lee Chae-won 28:01.6 61 49.3 27:01.7 61 55:52.6 +11:38.9 62 52 Yuliya Krol 27:57.6 60 43.9 28:22.9 62 57:04.4 +12:50.7 65 Darya Rublova 29:59.6 64 48.5 63 Han Da-som 29:52.3 63 31 Patrīcija Eiduka
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