Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's team sprint

Women's team sprint at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates	19 February 2014
Competitors	34 from 17 nations
Winning time	16:04.05
Medalists
Marit Bjørgen Ingvild Flugstad Østberg   Norway Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen   Finland Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson   Sweden
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The women's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 19 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. ^[1]

Results

The races were started at 14:05. ^[2]

In November 2017, Yuliya Ivanova was disqualified from the event meaning that the whole Russian team was also disqualified. ^[3]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Bib	Country	Athletes	Time	Note
1	1	1	Norway	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Marit Bjørgen	16:43.45	Q
2	1	3	Sweden	Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson	16:48.76	Q
3	1	2	United States	Sophie Caldwell Kikkan Randall	16:51.36	LL
4	1	7	Switzerland	Bettina Gruber Seraina Boner	17:02.14	LL
5	1	6	Canada	Perianne Jones Daria Gaiazova	17:09.13
6	1	5	France	Aurore Jéan Célia Aymonier	17:10.07
7	1	4	Italy	Ilaria Debertolis Gaia Vuerich	17:35.98
8	1	8	China	Man Dandan Li Hongxue	17:40.90
9	1	9	Kazakhstan	Yelena Kolomina Anastassiya Slonova	17:49.66
1	2	11	Finland	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen	16:42.15	Q
2	2	13	Poland	Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk	16:49.43	Q
DSQ	2	14	Russia	Anastasia Dotsenko Yuliya Ivanova	16:49.61	LL
4	2	12	Germany	Stefanie Böhler Denise Herrmann	16:58.98	LL
5	2	15	Austria	Kateřina Smutná Teresa Stadlober	16:59.50	LL
6	2	10	Slovenia	Alenka Čebašek Katja Višnar	17:00.32	LL
7	2	16	Slovakia	Alena Procházková Daniela Kotschová	18:51.94
	2	17	Ukraine	Maryna Lisohor Kateryna Serdyuk	DNS

On 19 February Ukrainian athletes asked for and were refused permission by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to wear black arm bands to honor those killed in the violent clashes in Kyiv the previous day. ^[4] According to press reports Lisohor and Serdyuk had refused to start because they had been denied to wear black arm bands. ^[5] The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine claimed Serdyuk was injured. ^[6]

Final

Rank	Bib	Country	Athletes	Time	Deficit
	1	Norway	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Marit Bjørgen	16:04.05	—
	11	Finland	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen	16:13.14	+09.09
	3	Sweden	Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson	16:23.82	+19.77
4	12	Germany	Stefanie Böhler Denise Herrmann	16:24.97	+20.94
5	13	Poland	Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk	16:35.54	+31.49
DSQ	14	Russia	Anastasia Dotsenko Yuliya Ivanova	16:44.91	+40.86
6	7	Switzerland	Bettina Gruber Seraina Boner	16:45.47	+41.42
7	2	United States	Sophie Caldwell Kikkan Randall	16:48.08	+44.03
8	15	Austria	Kateřina Smutná Teresa Stadlober	16:49.16	+45.11
9	10	Slovenia	Alenka Čebašek Katja Višnar	16:57.98	+53.93

Medal ceremony

At the medal ceremony in Sochi on 20 February, the day after the race, all medals were awarded by IOC member Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark and flowers to all medalists were awarded by Mats Årjes, FIS council member.

References

1. "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
2. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
3. "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission findings". 14 July 2021.
4. Hockey heartache for hosts, Ukraine violence shocks Games, Reuters (19 February 2014)
5. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainians in Sochi did not come to Sprint, because they were forbidden mourning ribbons, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014)
6. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian skier did not come to start in Sochi, the NOC said, but not because of Maidan, Ukrayinska Pravda (19 February 2014)