The women's 10 kilometre freestyle competition in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at the Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal in Tesero. Frida Karlsson of Sweden won the event, her second gold medal at these Games. Her teammate Ebba Andersson won the silver medal, and Jessie Diggins of the United States won bronze. Diggins was skiing with a bruised rib, a consequence of a crash a few days earlier.
Background The 2022 champion, Therese Johaug, retired from competitions. The silver medalist, Kerttu Niskanen, and the bronze medalist, Krista Pärmäkoski, qualified for the event. Jessie Diggins was leading both overall and distance standings of the FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics. Ebba Andersson was the 2025 world champion in the event.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 13:00.
Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit 42 Frida Karlsson 22:49.2 40 Ebba Andersson 23:35.8 44 Jessie Diggins 23:38.9 4 48 Astrid Øyre Slind 23:42.2 5 32 Heidi Weng 23:46.1 6 52 Karoline Simpson-Larsen 23:57.2 +1:08.0 7 50 Teresa Stadlober 24:00.0 +1:10.8 8 23 Alison Mackie 24:07.1 +1:17.9 9 54 Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs 24:11.0 +1:21.8 10 25 Léonie Perry 24:11.2 +1:22.0 11 46 Moa Ilar 24:17.5 +1:28.3 12 36 Kateřina Janatová 24:18.6 +1:29.4 13 30 Emma Ribom 24:27.9 +1:38.7 14 56 Nadja Kälin 24:31.3 +1:42.1 15 18 Patrīcija Eiduka 24:33.3 +1:44.1 16 24 Nadine Fähndrich 24:35.8 +1:46.6 17 13 Liliane Gagnon 24:37.6 +1:48.4 18 27 Vilma Ryytty 24:40.0 +1:50.8 19 58 Pia Fink 24:44.2 +1:55.0 20 9 Martina Di Centa 24:44.9 +1:55.7 21 29 Dariya Nepryaeva 24:45.0 +1:55.8 22 49 Delphine Claudel 24:53.8 +2:04.6 23 15 Marina Kälin 24:54.2 +2:05.0 24 37 Anna Pryce 24:55.1 +2:05.9 25 28 Krista Pärmäkoski 24:56.4 +2:07.2 26 7 Masae Tsuchiya 25:00.4 +2:11.2 27 16 Eliza Rucka-Michałek 25:06.8 +2:17.6 28 34 Helen Hoffmann 25:07.4 +2:18.2 29 60 Kerttu Niskanen 25:09.0 +2:19.8 30 26 Vilma Nissinen 25:10.6 +2:21.4 31 47 Novie McCabe 25:12.8 +2:23.6 32 38 Caterina Ganz 25:13.1 +2:23.9 33 11 Rosie Fordham 25:17.8 +2:28.6 34 8 Sonjaa Schmidt 25:22.2 +2:33.0 35 21 Gina del Rio 25:25.9 +2:36.7 36 14 Julie Pierrel 25:29.3 +2:40.1 37 2 Keidy Kaasiku 25:33.7 +2:44.5 38 3 Kendall Kramer 25:34.9 +2:45.7 39 39 Hailey Swirbul 25:45.3 +2:56.1 40 6 Izabela Marcisz 25:47.5 +2:58.3 41 41 Katharina Brudermann 25:50.4 +3:01.2 42 20 Sofie Krehl 25:51.1 +3:01.9 43 10 Kaidy Kaasiku 25:56.3 +3:07.1 44 61 Aleksandra Kołodziej 25:57.0 +3:07.8 45 53 Hanna Karaliova 25:59.3 +3:10.1 46 12 Anna Comarella 26:00.6 +3:11.4 47 17 Katherine Stewart-Jones 26:01.7 +3:12.5 48 19 Anja Mandeljc 26:05.0 +3:15.8 49 55 Phoebe Cridland 26:05.5 +3:16.3 50 45 Mariel Merlii Pulles 26:05.8 +3:16.6 51 1 Mélissa Gal 26:08.0 +3:18.8 52 57 Lea Fischer 26:08.7 +3:19.5 53 43 Anna Milerská 26:10.6 +3:21.4 54 51 Anna Marie Jaklová 26:14.1 +3:24.9 55 5 Barbora Havlíčková 26:18.4 +3:29.2 55 33 Lisa Achleitner 26:18.4 +3:29.2 57 63 Ellen Søhol Lie 26:21.7 +3:32.5 58 66 Magdalena Scherz 26:24.7 +3:35.5 59 22 Maria Gismondi 26:27.6 +3:38.4 60 4 Monika Skinder 26:32.3 +3:43.1 61 75 Kitija Auziņa 26:36.6 +3:47.4 62 35 Teesi Tuul 26:38.3 +3:49.1 63 62 Nadezhda Stepashkina 26:42.6 +3:53.4 64 31 Sophia Tsu Velicer 26:49.2 +4:00.0 65 78 Daryna Myhal 26:51.2 +4:02.0 66 69 Chi Chunxue 26:52.0 +4:02.8 67 71 Anastasiia Nikon 26:54.3 +4:05.1 68 59 Theresa Fürstenberg 26:55.1 +4:05.9 69 77 Sofiia Shkatula 26:58.2 +4:09.0 70 79 Neža Žerjav 27:13.7 +4:24.5 71 70 Xeniya Shalygina 27:19.8 +4:30.6 72 80 He Kaile 27:27.7 +4:38.5 73 65 Lee Eui-jin 27:35.9 +4:46.7 74 76 Wang Yundi 27:41.6 +4:52.4 75 68 Darya Ryazhko 27:42.6 +4:53.4 76 81 Yelizaveta Nopriienko 27:56.4 +5:07.2 77 72 Maddie Hooker 28:07.0 +5:17.8 78 73 Dilnigar Ilhamjan 28:10.5 +5:21.3 79 82 Ieva Dainytė 28:12.6 +5:23.4 80 67 Han Da-som 28:15.8 +5:26.6 81 64 Anna Melnik 28:28.7 +5:39.5 82 104 Katya Galstyan 28:33.7 +5:44.5 83 74 Enkhbayaryn Ariuntungalag 28:38.2 +5:49.0 84 110 Karen Chanloung 28:39.7 +5:50.5 85 84 Sára Pónya 28:44.1 +5:54.9 86 93 Konstantina Charalampidou 28:54.2 +6:05.0 87 83 Kalina Nedyalkova 29:02.5 +6:13.3 88 107 Ema Sobol 29:04.6 +6:15.4 89 90 Tia Janežič 29:12.3 +6:23.1 90 88 Nahiara Díaz 29:24.1 +6:34.9 91 86 Eglė Savickaitė 29:26.9 +6:37.7 92 87 Agustina Groetzner 29:32.6 +6:43.4 93 85 Lara Vanda Laczkó 29:51.7 +7:02.5 94 96 Linda Kaparkalēja 29:53.3 +7:04.1 95 89 Lucija Medja 30:14.6 +7:25.4 96 92 Delia Reit 30:18.3 +7:29.1 97 94 Tena Hadžić 30:39.9 +7:50.7 98 111 Samaneh Beyrami Baher 30:49.9 +8:00.7 99 95 Bruna Moura 30:56.9 +8:07.7 100 97 Nefeli Tita 31:10.8 +8:21.6 101 99 Samanta Krampe 31:20.7 +8:31.5 102 100 Mária Danielová 31:20.8 +8:31.6 103 102 İrem Dursun 31:26.8 +8:37.6 104 105 Elizaveta Hlusovici 31:29.1 +8:39.9 105 101 Ana Cvetanovska 31:32.4 +8:43.2 106 91 Anja Ilić 32:22.9 +9:33.7 107 103 Jenny Axisa Eriksen 32:51.4 +10:02.2 108 108 Regina Martínez 34:05.4 +11:16.2 106 Teodora Delipara 109 Eduarda Ribera 98 Kristrún Guðnadóttir
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