Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Cross-country skiing at the X Paralympic Winter Games
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	March 14–21, 2010
«2006	2014»

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Distance
5 km				women
10 km		men		women
15 km		men		women
20 km		men
3 x 2.5 km relay				women
1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km relay		men
Sprint
1 km		men		women

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	7	9	6	22
2	Canada (CAN)	3	1	1	5
3	Germany (GER)	3	1	0	4
4	Ukraine (UKR)	2	5	2	9
5	Japan (JPN)	2	1	0	3
6	Belarus (BLR)	2	0	6	8
7	Italy (ITA)	1	1	1	3
8	Norway (NOR)	0	2	1	3
9	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
9	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
9	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1

Events

The program included a total of 20 events, 10 for men and 10 for women. Competitors are divided into three categories: standing, visually impaired, and sitting. Standing skiers are those that have a locomotive disability but are able to use the same equipment as able-bodied skiers, whereas sitting competitors use a sitski. Visually impaired skiers compete with the help of a sighted guide. The skier with the visual impairment and the guide are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[1]

Men 1km sprint Sitting Standing Visually impaired 10km individual Sitting Standing Visually impaired 15km individual Sitting 20km individual Standing Visually impaired 1×4km + 2×5km relay

Women 1km sprint Sitting Standing Visually impaired 5km individual Sitting Standing Visually impaired 10km individual Sitting 15km individual Standing Visually impaired 3×2.5km relay

Women's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 km Sprint Classic details	visually impaired	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich Germany (GER)	4:14.2	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Russia (RUS)	4:44.2	Liubov Vasilyeva Guide: Natalia Yakimova Russia (RUS)	4:54.4
	sitting	Francesca Porcellato Italy (ITA)	2:58.5	Olena Iurkovska Ukraine (UKR)	3:00.0	Liudmila Vauchok Belarus (BLR)	3:01.9
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova Ukraine (UKR)	4:21.4	Shoko Ota Japan (JPN)	4:26.8	Anna Burmistrova Russia (RUS)	4:31.3
5 km Classic details	visually impaired	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich Germany (GER)	15:08.8	Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Russia (RUS)	16:00.3	Tatiana Ilyuchenko Guide: Valery Koshkin Russia (RUS)	17:18.4
	sitting	Liudmila Vauchok Belarus (BLR)	14:56.6	Andrea Eskau Germany (GER)	15:11.4	Colette Bourgonje Canada (CAN)	15:16.4
	standing	Oleksandra Kononova Ukraine (UKR)	16:01.3	Iuliia Batenkova Ukraine (UKR)	16:03.7	Larysa Varona Belarus (BLR)	17:38.2
10 km details	sitting	Liudmila Vauchok Belarus (BLR)	30:52.9	Colette Bourgonje Canada (CAN)	31:49.8	Olena Iurkovska Ukraine (UKR)	32:43.5
15 km Free details	visually impaired	Verena Bentele Guide: Thomas Friedrich Germany (GER)	45:11.1	Liubov Vasilyeva Guide: Natalia Yakimova Russia (RUS)	48:34.1	Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide: Vasili Haurukovich Belarus (BLR)	49:19.3
	standing	Anna Burmistrova Russia (RUS)	49:16.3	Iuliia Batenkova Ukraine (UKR)	49:23.5	Katarzyna Rogowiec Poland (POL)	51:04.1
3 x 2.5 km Relay details	open	Russia (RUS) Maria Iovleva Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov Liubov Vasilyeva Guide: Natalia Yakimova	20:23.2	Ukraine (UKR) Olena Iurkovska Iuliia Batenkova Oleksandra Kononova	20:42.7	Belarus (BLR) Larysa Varona Liudmila Vauchok Yadviha Skorabahataya Guide: Vasili Haurukovich	22:04.2

Men's events

Event	Class	Gold		Silver		Bronze
1 km Sprint Classic details	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever Canada (CAN)	3:42.9	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia (RUS)	3:47.0	Zebastian Modin Guide: Albin Ackerot Sweden (SWE)	3:50.2
	sitting	Sergey Shilov Russia (RUS)	2:31.8	Irek Zaripov Russia (RUS)	2:31.9	Vladimir Kiselev Russia (RUS)	2:36.6
	standing	Yoshihiro Nitta Japan (JPN)	3:30.7	Kirill Mikhaylov Russia (RUS)	3:32.3	Ilkka Tuomisto Finland (FIN)	3:33.9
10 km Classic details	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever Canada (CAN)	26:01.6	Helge Flo Guide: Thomas Losnegard Norway (NOR)	27:27.3	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia (RUS)	27:40.7
	sitting	Irek Zaripov Russia (RUS)	27:12.1	Enzo Masiello Italy (ITA)	28:21.1	Dzmitry Loban Belarus (BLR)	28:25.1
	standing	Yoshihiro Nitta Japan (JPN)	26:29.5	Kirill Mikhaylov Russia (RUS)	27:01.7	Grygorii Vovchinskiy Ukraine (UKR)	27:03.7
15 km details	sitting	Irek Zaripov Russia (RUS)	41:01.01	Roman Petushkov Russia (RUS)	41:11.01Va	Enzo Masiello Italy (ITA)	41:54.09
20 km Free details	visually impaired	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever Canada (CAN)	51:14:7	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev Russia (RUS)	51:55.6	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski Belarus (BLR)	52:22.5
	standing	Kirill Mikhaylov Russia (RUS)	52:07.7	Nils-Erik Ulset Norway (NOR)	53:34.1	Vladimir Kononov Russia (RUS)	53:53.4
1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km Relay details	open	Russia (RUS) Sergey Shilov Kirill Mikhaylov Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	38:54.8	Ukraine (UKR) Iurii Kostiuk Grygorii Vovchinskyi Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Volodymyr Ivanov	39:16.7	Norway (NOR) Trygve Toskedal Larsen Vegard Dahle Nils-Erik Ulset	39:48.9

Competition Schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day	Date	Start	Event
Day 3	Sun 14 Mar	10:00	Men's 15km, sitting
		12:00	Women's 10km, sitting
Day 4	Mon 15 Mar	10:00	Men's 20km, standing
		10:15	Men's 20km, visually impaired
		12:00	Women's 15km, standing
		12:10	Women's 15km, visually impaired
Day 7	Thu 18 Mar	10:00	Men's 10km, standing
		10:16	Men's 10km, visually impaired
		10:24	Women's 5km, standing
		10:32	Women's 5km, visually impaired
		11:15	Women's 5km, sitting
		11:35	Men's 10km, sitting
Day 9	Sat 20 Mar	10:00	Women's 3×2.5km relay
		12:00	Men's 1×4km + 2×5km relay
Day 10	Sun 21 Mar	10:00	Men's 1km sprint, sitting
		10:18	Women's 1km sprint, sitting
		10:45	Men's 1km sprint, visually impaired
		11:00	Men's 1km sprint, standing
		11:25	Women's 1km sprint, visually impaired
		11:37	Women's 1km sprint, standing

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

References

1. ^ Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

• - About the Sport
• Cross-country Schedule and Results
• Official Results Book - Cross-Country Skiing - 14 to 21 March, Vancouver 2010