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

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.

Women's team sprint
at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
VenueLiberec
Date25 February 2009
Competitors34 from 17 nations
Teams17
Winning time19:43.7
Medalists
    Finland
    Sweden
    Italy

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
RankHeatBibCountryAthletesTimeNote
Semifinal 2
RankHeatBibCountryAthletesTimeNote

Final

RankBibCountryAthleteTimeDeficitNote
1 FinlandAino-Kaisa Saarinen
Virpi Kuitunen
19:43.7
3 SwedenAnna Olsson
Lina Andersson
20:03.7+20.0
2 ItalyMarianna Longa
Arianna Follis
20:07.5+23.8
415 JapanMasako Ishida
Madoka Natsumi
20:08.9+25.2
512 NorwayAstrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg
20:31.4+47.7
613 CanadaSara Renner
Perianne Jones
20:47.3+1:03.6
74 GermanyKatrin Zeller
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
20:51.7+1:08.0
816 KazakhstanOxana Yatskaya
Svetlana Shishkina
20:52.8+1:09.1
97 Czech RepublicIvana Janečková
Kamila Rajdlová
21:37.9+1:54.2
10 RussiaYevgeniya Shapovalova
Natalya Matveyeva
DSQ

References

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