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The women's 7.5 kilometre + 7.5 kilometre double pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the
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was held on 19 February at
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at 13:00 PST. The 15 km double pursuit format has been competed at the
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level since 2005 and at the
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Kristina Šmigun-Vähi Kristina Šmigun-Vähi (born 23 February 1977) is a former Estonian female cross-country skier and politician. She is the most successful Estonian female cross-country skier with two Olympic gold medals. In 2019 she was elected as a Member of th ...
was the defending
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Justyna Kowalczyk Justyna Maria Kowalczyk-Tekieli (born 19 January 1983) is a Polish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2000. Kowalczyk is a double Olympic Champion and a double World Champion. She is also the only skier to win the Tour de Ski four ...
was the defending
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. Kowalczyk also won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009. The last
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event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 23 January 2010 in
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, Russia and was won by Kowalczyk. The pursuit consisted of a 7.5 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 7.5 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between the sections, each skier takes time (approximately 30 seconds) to change skis and poles in a
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Results

Leaders after the classical portion were
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's Saarinen (who finished fifth), Bjørgen, and Kowalczyk. Pit stop leaders were tied for first with Saarinen and
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's Follis (who finished ninth), and Finland's Roponen (who finished 15th). Kowalczyk edged out Størmer Steira in a photo finish in the bronze. For Størmer Steira, it became the fourth fourth-place finish in the Olympics (following three fourth places in 2006), and she again failed to win a medal. (She became on Olympic champion in the relay several days later). Defending Olympic champion Smigun-Vähi dropped out during the classical portion of the event.2010 Winter Olympic Cross-country skiing 19 February 2010 women's 7.5 km + 7.5 km double pursuit results.
- accessed 20 February 2010.


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from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-18. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics - Women's 15 kilometre pursuit Women's cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's pursuit cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics