FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's team sprint explained

Event:Women's team sprint
Championship:FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
Venue:Liberec
Date:25 February 2009
Competitors:34
Nations:17
Teams:17
Win Value:19:43.7
Gold:Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen
Goldnoc:FIN
Silver:Anna Olsson
Lina Andersson
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Marianna Longa
Arianna Follis
Bronzenoc:ITA
Prev:2007
Next:2011

The Women's team sprint took place on 25 February 2009. Team sprint qualifying at 11:00 CET and finals at 13:00 CET. The defending world champions were Finland's Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Virpi Kuitunen.[1] Kuitunen defended her title with Aino-Kaisa Saarinen. The Finns led at every exchange until the last rounds at the finish to win by 20 seconds. This event was Saarinen's third medal at these championships. Anna Olsson earned her first championship medal while Andersson, Longa and Follis earned their second medals at these championships.

Results

Q – Qualified for final round due to placing in heat
q – Qualified for final round due to times
PF – Placing decided by Photo finish

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the final.

Semifinal 1
Rank HeatBib Country Athletes Time Note
Semifinal 2
Rank HeatBib Country Athletes Time Note

Final

Rank Bib Country Athlete Time Deficit Note
1 19:43.7
3 20:03.7 +20.0
2 20:07.5 +23.8
15 20:08.9 +25.2
12 20:31.4 +47.7
13 20:47.3 +1:03.6
4 20:51.7 +1:08.0
16 20:52.8 +1:09.1
7 21:37.9 +1:54.2
10

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 Ladies' Team Sprint Free Results . FIS-Ski.com . 7 February 2018.