Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Women's 15 kilometre free

Women's 15 kilometre free at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea
Dates	11, 12 March
Competitors	39 from 14 nations
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Women's 15 kilometre free (visually impaired) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	9 from 5 nations
Medalists
Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide: Raman Yashchanka   Belarus Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov   Ukraine Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov   Neutral Paralympic Athletes

Women's 15 kilometre free (standing) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Medalists
Ekaterina Rumyantseva   Neutral Paralympic Athletes Anna Milenina   Neutral Paralympic Athletes Liudmyla Liashenko   Ukraine

Women's 12 kilometre (sitting) at the XII Paralympic Winter Games
Competitors	19 from 10 nations
Medalists
Kendall Gretsch   United States Andrea Eskau   Germany Oksana Masters   United States

The Women's 15 kilometre free competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Alpensia Biathlon Centre, South Korea. The competition took place on 11 & 12 March 2018.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Neutral Paralympic Athletes  (NPA)	1	1	1	3
2	United States  (USA)	1	0	1	2
3	Belarus  (BLR)	1	0	0	1
4	Ukraine  (UKR)	0	1	1	2
5	Germany  (GER)	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

15 km free visually impaired

In the cross-country skiing visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. ^[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

The race was started on 12 March at 12:00. ^[2]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Real Time	Calculated Time	Difference
	46	Sviatlana Sakhanenka Guide: Raman Yashchanka	Belarus	49:41.5	49:11.7	–
	48	Oksana Shyshkova Guide: Vitaliy Kazakov	Ukraine	49:49.4	49:19.5	+7.8
	47	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	53:01.0	52:29.2	+3:17.5
4	49	Carina Edlinger Guide: Julian Edlinger	Austria	54:10.8	53:38.3	+4:26.6
5	43	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide: Anastasia Kirillova	Belarus	54:51.0	54:18.1	+5:06.4
6	45	Olha Prylutska Guide: Borys Babar	Ukraine	55:13.6	54:40.5	+5:28.8
7	41	Ekaterina Moshkovskaia Guide: Artem Norin	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	59:19.5	58:43.9	+9:32.2
8	42	Mia Zutter Guide: Kristina Trygstad-Saari	United States	1:02:20.2	1:02:20.2	+13:08.5
	44	Marina Galitsyna Guide: Maksim Pirogov	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	DNF

15 km free standing

The race was started on 12 March at 12:15. ^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Real Time	Calculated Time	Difference
	61	Ekaterina Rumyantseva	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	56:23.6	49:37.6	–
	58	Anna Milenina	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	53:02.9	50:55.6	+1:18.0
	60	Liudmyla Liashenko	Ukraine	53:14.4	51:06.6	+1:29.0
4	59	Iuliia Batenkova-Bauman	Ukraine	54:01.6	51:19.5	+1:41.9
5	57	Emily Young	Canada	54:35.2	51:51.4	+2:13.8
6	55	Natalie Wilkie	Canada	54:23.4	52:12.9	+2:35.3
7	54	Momoko Dekijima	Japan	58:55.0	55:58.3	+6:20.7
8	56	Bohdana Konashuk	Ukraine	59:39.9	57:16.7	+7:39.1
9	52	Peng Yuanyuan	China	1:10:22.3	1:07:33.4	+17:55.8
10	51	Grace Miller	United States	1:11:43.6	1:08:51.5	+19:13.9
	53	Iweta Faron	Poland	DNF

12 km sitting

The race was started on 11 March at 11:15. ^[4]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Real Time	Calculated Time	Difference
	40	Kendall Gretsch	United States	39:51.6	38:15.9
	48	Andrea Eskau	Germany	41:16.9	38:48.3	+32.4
	49	Oksana Masters	United States	39:04.9	39:04.9	+49.0
4	47	Marta Zaynullina	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	39:09.0	39:09.0	+53.1
5	43	Nadezhda Fedorova	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	39:46.5	39:46.5	+1:30.6
6	45	Irina Gulyayeva	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	40:20.6	40:20.6	+2:04.7
7	42	Maria Iovleva	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	40:54.7	40:54.7	+2:38.8
8	39	Jin Yawei	China	48:42.5	41:53.4	+3:37.5
9	41	Chu Beibei	China	42:26.7	42:26.7	+4:10.8
10	44	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	45:25.1	42:41.6	+4:25.7
11	37	Valiantsina Shyts	Belarus	48:07.4	43:18.7	+5:02.8
12	34	Seo Vo-ra-mi	South Korea	50:30.5	45:27.5	+7:11.6
13	33	Lee Do-yeon	South Korea	45:49.6	45:49.6	+7:33.7
13	35	Nan Yuyu	China	48:45.1	45:49.6	+7:33.7
15	36	Aline Rocha	Brazil	49:19.9	46:22.3	+8:06.4
16	38	Akzhana Abdikarimova	Neutral Paralympic Athletes	51:36.4	46:26.8	+8:10.9
17	32	Zhanyl Baltabayeva	Kazakhstan	48:51.9	48:51.9	+10:36.0
18	31	Cindy Ouellet	Canada	51:28.2	49:24.7	+11:08.8
	46	Birgit Skarstein	Norway	DNF

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics

References

1. bbc.co.uk Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports
2. Visually impaired results
3. Standing results
4. Sitting results