The women's 15 kilometre skiathlon competition in

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at the

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was held on 5 February, at the

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. The event was won by

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. The event was noted for its extreme weather, which many athletes complained. Temperature was or with

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, according to the

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Summary

The 2018 champion,

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 for the Olympics and was competing in the race, finishing 18th, and the 2018 silver medalist,

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 ...

, retired from competitions. The bronze medalist,

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 ...

, qualified. 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. 20 minutes into the race, the leading group consisted of Johaug,

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 ...

and Karlsson, skiing together, with Parmakoski, Ebba Andersson,

Teresa Stadlober Teresa Stadlober (born February 1, 1993) is an Austrian cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skier. She first competed at the Winter Olympics in 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, in Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's ...

and Nepryayeva a few seconds behind. Then Parmakoski passed Andersson, with Johaug still in the lead. At 27 minutes, Johaug was 15 seconds ahead of the competitors, with Karlsson second, and Parmakoski and Niskanen further 6 seconds behind. Johaug continued to increase the gap and when she was 30 seconds ahead of the competitors, Nepryayeva and Stadlober overtaken Niskanen and Parmakoski, catching up with Karlsson. Parmakoski could not keep up with the rest of the group. Johaug comfortably finished first, 30 seconds ahead of Nepryayeva who outskied Stadlober at the finish line.

Qualification

Results

The race started at 15:45.

References

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