The Women's sprint
cross-country skiing competition at the
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second ...
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Turin
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Italy
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was held on 22 February, at
Pragelato
Pragelato (also ''Pragelà''; Vivaro-Alpine: ''Prajalats'', French: Prajalats) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name ''Pr ...
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was the defending World Champion, but she won in the classical style, and the last free style sprint in the World Championships (in 2003) was won by
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 ...
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Yuliya Chepalova
Yulia Anatolyevna Chepalova (russian: Ю́лия Анато́льевна Чепа́лова; born 23 December 1976 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russian SFSR) is a former Russian cross-country skier.
Early and current personal life
Daughter of a cros ...
is defending Olympic champion. The most recent freestyle sprint event in the World Cup, however, was won by the Russian
Alyona Sidko at 30 December 2005.
Results
Qualifying
Sixty-six skiers completed the 1.1 kilometre course in the qualifying portion of the event, with the top thirty advancing to the quarterfinals.
Quarterfinals
There were five quarterfinal races, each with six skiers. The top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals.
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Semifinals
There were two semifinal races, each with five skiers. The top two in each semifinal advanced to the A Final, to compete for the top four places, while the third and fourth-placed finishers advanced to the B Final, for places five through eight.
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Finals
Chandra Crawford finished 0.7 seconds ahead of Claudia Künzel to win the Olympic gold medal in the women's cross-country sprint.[
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References
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Women's cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Women's individual sprint cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics