The women's 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay competition in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February, at the Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal in Tesero. Norway, represented by Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs, Astrid Øyre Slind, Karoline Simpson-Larsen, and Heidi Weng, won the event. Sweden won the silver medal, and Finland bronze.
Background The 2022 champions were the Russian Olympic Committee team which were barred from the 2026 Olympics after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Germany were the silver medalists and Sweden were the bronze medalists. Sweden were the 2025 world champions in the relay, followed by Norway and Germany.
Summary Linn Svahn was skiing for Sweden in the first leg, and she was at the interchange with 10 second advantage, followed by Norway and Italy, and then the rest of the field. In the second leg, Ebba Andersson of Sweden fell twice. The first fall resulted in Astrid Øyre Slind of Norway and Caterina Ganz of Italy passing her; after the second fall, she lost a ski that she could not attach, and had to walk to an area where she could get a new ski. At the second interchange, Norway were leading 23 seconds and in the following, no other team came close to the gold medal contention. Finland were second, followed by Switzerland and Italy. Sweden were trailing by more than a minute. In the third leg, Vilma Ryytty of Finland kept second, and Frida Karlsson of Sweden almost caught up with Martina Di Centa of Italy. All other teams seemed out of medal contention. In the fourth leg, Italy dropped down and finished sixth, while Jonna Sundling of Sweden passed Jasmi Joensuu of Finland and finished second. Finland were third.
Qualification
Results The race was started at 12:00.
Rank Bib Country Competitor Leg Overall Time Rank Time Rank Margin 2 1:15:44.8 - 50.9 2-1 Kristin Austgulen Fosnæs 19:15.2 3 19:15.2 3 +7.6 2-2 Astrid Øyre Slind 19:32.4 10 38:47.6 1 - 23.4 2-3 Karoline Simpson-Larsen 18:18.2 2 57:05.8 1 - 48.3 2-4 Heidi Weng 18:39.0 5 1:15:44.8 1 - 50.9 1 1:16:35.7 +50.9 1-1 Linn Svahn 19:07.6 1 19:07.6 1 - 7.2 1-2 Ebba Andersson 20:58.4 26 40:06.0 8 +1:18.4 1-3 Frida Karlsson 18:06.6 1 58:12.6 4 +1:06.8 1-4 Jonna Sundling 18:23.1 3 1:16:35.7 2 +50.9 4 1:16:59.5 +1:14.7 4-1 Johanna Matintalo 19:19.8 6 19:19.8 6 +12.2 4-2 Kerttu Niskanen 19:51.2 13 39:11.0 2 +23.4 4-3 Vilma Ryytty 18:43.1 7 57:54.1 2 +48.3 4-4 Jasmi Joensuu 19:05.4 11 1:16:59.5 3 +1:14.7 4 3 1:17:20.8 +1:36.0 3-1 Laura Gimmler 19:48.2 12 19:48.2 10 +40.6 3-2 Katharina Hennig 19:51.9 14 39:40.1 7 +52.5 3-3 Helen Hoffmann 18:56.5 9 58:36.6 5 +1:30.8 3-4 Pia Fink 18:44.2 8 1:17:20.8 4 +1:36.0 5 6 1:17:37.0 +1:52.2 6-1 Julia Kern 19:21.4 7 19:21.4 7 +13.8 6-2 Rosie Brennan 20:10.0 18 39:31.4 6 +43.8 6-3 Novie McCabe 19:05.8 12 58:37.2 6 +1:31.4 6-4 Jessie Diggins 18:59.8 10 1:17:37.0 5 +1:52.2 6 7 1:17:44.5 +1:59.7 7-1 Iris De Martin Pinter 19:14.8 2 19:14.8 2 +7.2 7-2 Caterina Ganz 20:07.2 17 39:22.0 4 +34.4 7-3 Martina Di Centa 18:40.9 6 58:02.9 3 +57.1 7-4 Federica Cassol 19:41.6 18 1:17:44.5 6 +1:59.7 7 5 1:18:02.1 +2:17.3 5-1 Anja Weber 19:29.2 9 19:29.2 9 +21.6 5-2 Nadja Kälin 19:43.9 11 39:13.1 3 +25.5 5-3 Marina Kälin 19:25.9 16 58:39.0 7 +1:33.2 5-4 Nadine Fähndrich 19:23.1 15 1:18:02.1 7 +2:17.3 8 9 1:19:20.7 +3:35.9 9-1 Alison Mackie 19:22.0 8 19:22.0 8 +14.4 9-2 Jasmine Drolet 21:13.9 27 40:35.9 10 +1:48.3 9-3 Liliane Gagnon 19:12.7 13 59:48.6 10 +2:42.8 9-4 Sonjaa Schmidt 19:32.1 17 1:19:20.7 8 +3:35.9 9 17 1:20:28.6 +4:43.8 17-1 Julie Pierrel 19:54.8 15 19:54.8 11 +47.2 17-2 Cloé Pagnier 20:50.6 24 40:45.4 11 +1:57.8 17-3 Léonie Perry 18:36.8 4 59:22.2 9 +2:16.4 17-4 Delphine Claudel 21:06.4 26 1:20:28.6 9 +4:43.8 10 18 1:20:33.8 +4:49.0 18-1 Teresa Stadlober 19:17.5 4 19:17.5 4 +9.9 18-2 Heidi Bucher 20:13.1 20 39:30.6 5 +43.0 18-3 Katharina Brudermann 19:51.0 19 59:21.6 8 +2:15.8 18-4 Lisa Achleitner 21:12.2 27 1:20:33.8 10 +4:49.0 11 8 1:20:58.6 +5:13.8 8-1 Kateřina Janatová 19:18.8 5 19:18.8 5 +11.2 8-2 Sandra Schützová 20:48.1 22 40:06.9 9 +1:19.3 8-3 Anna Milerská 20:20.5 22 1:00:27.4 11 +3:21.6 8-4 Anna Marie Jaklová 20:31.2 24 1:20:58.6 11 +5:13.8 12 16 1:21:21.6 +5:36.8 16-1 Monika Skinder 20:45.3 21 20:45.3 13 +1:37.7 16-2 Eliza Rucka-Michałek 20:11.7 19 40:57.0 12 +2:09.4 16-3 Aleksandra Kołodziej 20:27.0 23 1:01:24.0 13 +4:18.2 16-4 Izabela Marcisz 19:57.6 21 1:21:21.6 12 +5:36.8 13 10 1:21:46.2 +6:01.4 10-1 Kaidy Kaasiku 20:02.8 16 20:02.8 12 +55.2 10-2 Keidy Kaasiku 20:56.0 25 40:58.8 13 +2:11.2 10-3 Mariel Merlii Pulles 19:52.4 20 1:00:51.2 12 +3:45.4 10-4 Teesi Tuul 20:55.0 25 1:21:46.2 13 +6:01.4 14 11 1:25:06.1 +9:21.3 11-1 Ellen Søhol Lie 21:57.5 29 21:57.5 16 +2:49.9 11-2 Phoebe Cridland 22:12.5 32 44:10.0 15 +5:22.4 11-3 Rosie Fordham 19:16.5 14 1:03:26.5 14 +6:20.7 11-4 Maddie Hooker 21:39.6 28 1:25:06.1 14 +9:21.3 15 12 Lapped 12-1 Xeniya Shalygina 21:58.7 31 21:58.7 18 +2:51.1 12-2 Anna Melnik 22:32.6 35 44:31.3 18 +5:43.7 12-3 Nadezhda Stepashkina 12-4 Darya Ryazhko 16 14 Lapped 14-1 Anastasiia Nikon 21:57.9 30 21:57.9 17 +2:50.3 14-2 Daryna Myhal 22:28.4 33 44:27.3 16 +5:39.7 14-3 Sofia Shkatula 14-4 Yelizaveta Nopriienko 17 15 Lapped 15-1 Patrīcija Eiduka 20:49.9 23 20:49.9 14 +1:42.3 15-2 Kitija Auziņa 22:29.4 34 43:19.3 14 +4:31.7 15-3 Linda Kaparkalēja 15-4 Samanta Krampe 18 19 Lapped 19-1 Anja Mandeljc 21:31.8 28 21:31.8 15 +2:24.2 19-2 Neža Žerjav 22:56.0 36 44:27.8 17 +5:40.2 19-3 Tia Janežič 19-4 Lucija Medja 19 13 Lapped 13-1 Dilnigar Ilhamjan 23:39.4 38 23:39.4 19 +4:31.8 13-2 Chi Chunxue 23:12.6 37 46:52.0 19 +8:04.4 13-3 He Kaile 13-4 Wang Yundi
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