The Women's 15 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

The cross-country skiing competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics were held at Whistler, British Columbia. The events were held between 14 March and 21 March 2010.-Medal table:-Events:...

 is held at Whistler Olympic Park

Whistler Olympic Park

The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, nordic combined, and ski...

 in Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler, British Columbia

Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14 and Monday, March 15.

Medal table

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Medalists

15 km Free - Visually Impaired	Verena Bentele Verena Bentele Verena Bentele is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She won her first Paralympic medals at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics At the 2010... Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Thomas Friedrich	Liubov Vasilyeva Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Natalia Yakimova	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Vasili Haurukovich
10 km - Sitting	Liudmila Vauchok Liudmila Vauchok Liudmila Vauchok is Belarusian Paralympian.She had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning...	Colette Bourgonje Colette Bourgonje Colette Bourgonje is a Paralympic cross-country skier and athlete. She has won four bronze medals in Summer Paralympics and medals in Winter Paralympics for skiing. Her silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics was Canada's first at home.She is a fourth grade teacher.- References :...	Olena Iurkovska Olena Iurkovska Olena Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010...
15 km Free - Standing	Anna Burmistrova Anna Burmistrova Anna Alexandrovna Burmistrova is a Russian Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She was born with Erb's palsy which resulted in her left arm being paralyzed.She was named Honoured Master of Sport for her efforts at the 2010 Paralympic Games....	Iuliia Batenkova	Katarzyna Rogowiec Katarzyna Rogowiec Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....

Visually Impaired

In the cross-country skiing 15 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide

Sighted guide

A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....

. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	8	Verena Bentele Verena Bentele Verena Bentele is a blind German Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She won her first Paralympic medals at the 1998 Winter Paralympics, followed by four gold medals at the 2002 Winter Paralympics, as well as two gold and one bronze medal at the 2006 Winter Paralympics At the 2010... Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Thomas Friedrich		45:11.1
	7	Liubov Vasilyeva Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Natalia Yakimova		48:34.1	+3:23.0
	4	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Vasili Haurukovich		49:19.3	+4:08.2
	9	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Valery Koshkin		50:50.9	+5:39.8
	5	Robbi Weldon Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Brian Berry Brian Berry Brian Joe Lobley Berry is a British-American human geographer. He is Lloyd Viel Berkner Regental Professor at the University of Texas at Dallas...		53:36.9	+8:25.8
	3	Nathalie Morin Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Stephanie Jallifier		54:42.1	+9:31.0
	2	Margarita Gorbounova Guide Sighted guide A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment.... : Robert D'Arras		1:01:59.1	+16:48.0

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Courtney Knight

Courtney Knight is a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category P13 discus throw events. She competed in the 1996 Summer Paralympics in Atlanta, United States. There she won a silver medal in the women's Discus throw - F12 event and finished fourth in the women's Pentathlon -...

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Sitting (10 km)

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	9	Liudmila Vauchok Liudmila Vauchok Liudmila Vauchok is Belarusian Paralympian.She had excelled in athletics and she had won the Belarusian national titles in runs between 1500 and 5000 meters distances before she injured her spine in 2001 and was forced to use a wheelchair. She stayed involved in sports after her injury winning...		30:52.9
	10	Colette Bourgonje Colette Bourgonje Colette Bourgonje is a Paralympic cross-country skier and athlete. She has won four bronze medals in Summer Paralympics and medals in Winter Paralympics for skiing. Her silver medal at the 2010 Winter Paralympics was Canada's first at home.She is a fourth grade teacher.- References :...		31:49.8	+56.9
	11	Olena Iurkovska Olena Iurkovska Olena Iurkovska is a cross-country skier and biathlete from Ukraine, and a five time Paralympic Champion. She has competed at every Winter Paralympic Games since 2002, winning a total of five gold, five silver, and five bronze medals up to 2010...		32:43.5	+1:50.6
	6	Svitlana Tryfonova		32:50.0	+1:57.1
	8	Mariann Vestbostad		33:27.8	+2:34.9
	7	Maria Iovleva Maria Iovleva Maria Iovleva is a Russian biathlete and cross-country skier representing Russia at the 2010 Winter Paralympics. She won two medals in sitting biathlon, one of them gold and was on the gold medal team of women's cross-country relay. She is deaf and paralyzed...		33:29.8	+2:36.9
	12	Lyudmyla Pavlenko		33:30.1	+2:37.2
	4	Andrea Eskau		33:46.0	+2:53.1
	5	Monica Bascio		34:33.9	+3:41.0
10	1	Marianne Maiboll		35:36.0	+4:43.1
11	2	Svetlana Yaroshevich		46:36.1	+15:43.2

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Standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	11	Anna Burmistrova Anna Burmistrova Anna Alexandrovna Burmistrova is a Russian Paralympic biathlete and cross-country skier. She was born with Erb's palsy which resulted in her left arm being paralyzed.She was named Honoured Master of Sport for her efforts at the 2010 Paralympic Games....		49:16.3
	7	Iuliia Batenkova		49:23.5	+7.2
	8	Katarzyna Rogowiec Katarzyna Rogowiec Katarzyna Rogowiec is a Polish Paralympian. She won two gold medals at the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Turin in cross-country skiing, and also competes at the highest levels in biathlon ....		51:04.1	+1:47.8
	10	Oleksandra Kononova		51:29.5	+2:06.0
	9	Chiara Devittori-Valnegri		52:58.8	+3:42.5
	3	Jody Barber		55:37.0	+6:20.7
	6	Peng Yuanyuan		55:43.3	+6:27.0
	4	Kelly Underkofler		58:19.6	+9:03.3
	2	Alena Gorbunova		58:43.7	+9:27.4
10	1	Stina Sellin		59:01.8	+9:45.5

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External links

• 2010 Winter Plympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics
  2010 Winter Paralympics
  The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially the X Paralympic Winter Games, or the 10th Winter Paralympics, were held in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia, Canada from March 12 to 21, 2010. The Opening Ceremony took place in BC Place Stadium in Vancouver and the Closing Ceremony in Whistler...
  
  in Vancouver