Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit
| Women’s 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit at the XIX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Soldier Hollow | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 24 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 25:09.9 | ||||||||||||
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| Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Distance | ||
| 10 km | women | |
| 15 km | men | women |
| Pursuit | men | women |
| 30 km | men | women |
| 50 km | men | |
| Relay | men | women |
| Sprint | ||
| Sprint | men | women |
The 2 × 5 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 24 February at Soldier Hollow.
This competition consisted of two races. The first race was a 5 kilometre classical race and the second was a 5 km freestyle pursuit where the competitors started based on their times from the classical race. The winner was the first competitor to cross the finish line in the second race.
The race
This event was changed in 2002 as the short-distance classical event no longer was used as the first section of the event. Rather the event was skied in two sections on the same day, with classical skied first, followed by the freestyle pursuit, both sections now over 5 km.[1] The morning classical leg was won by Olga Danilova with her teammate Larisa Lazutina in second. They had a lead of over seven seconds on Slovenian Petra Majdic. The Russians were not as strong in the freestyle, but still won the gold and silver medals easily, Danilova seven seconds ahead of Lazutina, who was 10 seconds ahead of Beckie Scott. The battle for the bronze was very close. Canadian Scott had been sixth in the classical section, with Czech skier Katerina Neumannova in eighth, trailing Scott by 10.1 seconds. But Neumannova closed on Scott by the last kilometer but could never pass her, Scott holding on to make the podium.
In October 2003 it was revealed that Danilova had tested positive for darpopoietin, an erythropoietin analogue, and was disqualified. Later Lazutina was found to have tested positive for darbopoietin, and was also disqualified. At the end of 2003, almost two years after the event, Beckie Scott was awarded the gold medal. Neumannova being moved up to silver, and the bronze medal going to German Viola Bauer. This was the first ever gold medal for Canada in Nordic skiing.
Results
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References
- ↑ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Women's 5/5 kilometres Pursuit". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
- ↑ https://www.olympic.org/salt-lake-city-2002/cross-country-skiing/5km-pursuit-women