The women's 10 kilometre classical competition in

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at the

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was held on 10 February, at the

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Therese Johaug Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian cross-country skier from the village of Dalsbygda in Os municipality who has competed for the clubs Tynset IF and IL Nansen. In World Ski Championships she has won ten individual gold medals ...

of Norway became the Olympic champion,

Kerttu Niskanen Kerttu Elina Niskanen (born 13 June 1988) is a Finnish cross-country skier. She is a four-time Olympic medalist. Career At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, her first senior WCH, Niskanen finished eighth in the 10 km classica ...

of Finland won the silver medal, and

Krista Pärmäkoski Krista Pärmäkoski (née Lähteenmäki; born 12 December 1990) is a Finnish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2007. Among other career achievements, she is a five-time Olympic medalist. Career At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Pärmä ...

, also of Finland, won bronze.

Summary

The 10 km distance event alternates between the Olympics, and in 2018 it was the freestyle event. The 2018 champion,

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, qualified for the Olympics, but was not selected for the event. The silver medalist,

Charlotte Kalla Marina Charlotte Kalla (born 22 July 1987 in Tärendö) is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing at international level since the 2003–04 season. Kalla is a three-time Olympian, winning her first Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Wi ...

, qualified. The bronze medal in 2018 was split between

Marit Bjørgen Marit Bjørgen (born 21 March 1980) is a former Norwegian cross-country skier. She is ranked first in the all-time Cross-Country World Cup rankings with 114 individual victories. Bjørgen is also the most successful sprinter in Cross-Country W ...

and

. Bjørgen since retired from international competitions, while Pärmäkoski qualified for the 2022 Olympics. The overall leader of the

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before the Olympics was

Natalya Nepryayeva Natalya Mikhaylovna Nepryayeva (russian: Наталья Михайловна Непряева; born 6 September 1995) is a Russian cross-country skier. She participated in the 2018 Winter Olympics as part of the Olympic Athletes from Russia team ...

, and the distance leader was

Frida Karlsson Frida Karlsson (born 10 August 1999) is a Swedish cross-country skier. She won a silver medal in the women's 10 kilometres classical, bronze medal in the women's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start, and gold as a member of the women's 4 × 5 kilom ...

is the 2021 World Champion in 10 km freestyle. The only skier able to offer any competition to Johaug was

, who started 2 minutes behind Johaug and sometimes was leading, but at the finish lost by 0.4 seconds to Johaug and came in second. Pärmäkoski was third, 0.1 seconds ahead of late starter Nepryayeva.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 15:00.

References

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