All 60 skiers began at once in a mass start. 2002 was the first time that a mass start was held in the Olympics.
The Raceedit
This was the first Winter Olympic cross-country event skied entirely as a mass start race. Previously, this event was held at an interval start. It was also the first cross-country event in Salt Lake City, starting shortly before the men raced 30 km. The 2001 World Champion was Bente Skari of Norway elected not to contest this race, even though she had been the dominant female cross-country racer over the past five years.[1]
The early leader in the race was Russian Yuliya Chepalova, but by 9 km, Italy's Stefania Belmondo, the 1999 World Champion in the event, moved ahead, until her pole broke at 10.5 km. She dropped back to 10th place, but trailed the leader, Larisa Lazutina, by only 10 seconds. Belmondo was given a pole by a French official but it was very long, so she struggled for over 500 metres until an Italian coach gave her one of her own poles. She then powered ahead, caught Lazutina and won a narrow victory by 1.8 seconds. Behind them, Czech skier Katerina Neumannová came in for the bronze medal. But Lazutina would not keep her silver medal. After the pursuit race, held six days later, she was found to have tested positive for darpopoietin, an erythropoietin analogue, and was disqualified in late 2003. Neumannová was moved up to silver medal, and Chepalova would get the bronze. Chepalova failed drug tests later in her career, but here Olympic results were left unaffected.[2]
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The Women s 15 kilometre freestyle mass start cross country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City United States was held on 9 February at Soldier Hollow Women s 15 kilometre mass startat the XIX Olympic Winter GamesVenueSoldier HollowDates9 FebruaryCompetitors60 from 23 nationsWinning time39 54 4MedalistsStefania Belmondo ItalyKaterina Neumannova Czech RepublicYuliya Chepalova Russia 1998All 60 skiers began at once in a mass start 2002 was the first time that a mass start was held in the Olympics The Race editThis was the first Winter Olympic cross country event skied entirely as a mass start race Previously this event was held at an interval start It was also the first cross country event in Salt Lake City starting shortly before the men raced 30 km The 2001 World Champion was Bente Skari of Norway elected not to contest this race even though she had been the dominant female cross country racer over the past five years 1 The early leader in the race was Russian Yuliya Chepalova but by 9 km Italy s Stefania Belmondo the 1999 World Champion in the event moved ahead until her pole broke at 10 5 km She dropped back to 10th place but trailed the leader Larisa Lazutina by only 10 seconds Belmondo was given a pole by a French official but it was very long so she struggled for over 500 metres until an Italian coach gave her one of her own poles She then powered ahead caught Lazutina and won a narrow victory by 1 8 seconds Behind them Czech skier Katerina Neumannova came in for the bronze medal But Lazutina would not keep her silver medal After the pursuit race held six days later she was found to have tested positive for darpopoietin an erythropoietin analogue and was disqualified in late 2003 Neumannova was moved up to silver medal and Chepalova would get the bronze Chepalova failed drug tests later in her career but here Olympic results were left unaffected 2 Results editThe race was started at 09 00 3 Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit nbsp 3 Stefania Belmondo nbsp Italy 39 54 4 nbsp 4 Katerina Neumannova nbsp Czech Republic 40 01 3 6 9 nbsp 1 Yuliya Chepalova nbsp Russia 40 02 7 8 34 10 Kaisa Varis nbsp Finland 40 04 1 9 75 12 Svetlana Nageykina nbsp Belarus 40 17 9 23 56 7 Gabriella Paruzzi nbsp Italy 40 25 7 31 37 8 Kristina Smigun nbsp Estonia 40 33 6 39 28 20 Karine Philippot nbsp France 40 38 6 44 29 18 Iryna Terelya nbsp Ukraine 40 39 4 45 010 9 Sabina Valbusa nbsp Italy 40 48 3 53 911 6 Olga Zavyalova nbsp Russia 40 53 3 58 912 14 Evi Sachenbacher Stehle nbsp Germany 40 57 6 1 03 213 11 Yelena Burukhina nbsp Russia 41 01 1 1 06 714 5 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen nbsp Norway 41 47 8 1 53 415 34 Natascia Leonardi Cortesi nbsp Switzerland 41 56 3 2 01 916 30 Antonella Confortola nbsp Italy 41 57 8 2 03 417 24 Vera Zyatikova nbsp Belarus 42 04 5 2 10 118 27 Nataliya Zyatikova nbsp Belarus 42 04 5 2 10 119 21 Riitta Liisa Roponen nbsp Finland 42 14 3 2 19 920 43 Katerina Hanusova nbsp Czech Republic 42 15 7 2 21 321 15 Valentyna Shevchenko nbsp Ukraine 42 16 0 2 21 622 29 Sumiko Yokoyama nbsp Japan 42 16 2 2 21 823 44 Katrin Smigun nbsp Estonia 42 25 6 2 31 224 39 Annick Pierrel nbsp France 42 26 7 2 32 325 33 Oxana Yatskaya nbsp Kazakhstan 42 46 0 2 51 626 31 Claudia Nystad nbsp Germany 42 49 5 2 55 127 32 Kanoko Goto nbsp Japan 42 50 4 2 56 028 13 Vibeke Skofterud nbsp Norway 42 50 9 2 56 529 28 Nina Kemppel nbsp United States 42 53 1 2 58 730 37 Anna Carin Olofsson nbsp Sweden 42 53 8 2 59 431 38 Brigitte Albrecht nbsp Switzerland 42 54 4 3 00 032 35 Natasa Lacen nbsp Slovenia 43 05 0 3 10 633 26 Svetlana Shishkina nbsp Kazakhstan 43 05 1 3 10 734 36 Amanda Fortier nbsp Canada 43 38 7 3 44 335 58 Anke Reschwamm Schulze nbsp Germany 43 53 1 3 58 736 22 Anna Dahlberg nbsp Sweden 43 53 7 3 59 337 41 Jaime Fortier nbsp Canada 43 54 0 3 59 638 25 Elin Ek nbsp Sweden 43 55 3 4 00 939 23 Jenny Karin Olsson nbsp Sweden 43 57 7 4 03 340 49 Nataliya Sviridova Kalinovskaya nbsp Belarus 44 09 2 4 14 841 46 Helena Erbenova nbsp Czech Republic 44 17 8 4 23 442 42 Midori Furusawa nbsp Japan 44 41 8 4 47 443 50 Barbara Jones nbsp United States 45 04 3 5 09 944 45 Vita Yakymchuk nbsp Ukraine 45 26 7 5 32 345 53 Darya Starostina nbsp Kazakhstan 45 28 8 5 34 446 47 Lee Chae won nbsp South Korea 45 37 9 5 43 547 56 Hou Yuxia nbsp China 45 42 2 5 47 848 52 Irina Terentjeva nbsp Lithuania 45 45 4 5 51 049 55 Nataliya Isachenko nbsp Kazakhstan 45 51 4 5 57 050 17 Marit Bjorgen nbsp Norway 47 07 4 7 13 051 48 Ilona Bublova nbsp Czech Republic 47 31 8 7 37 452 54 Luan Zhengrong nbsp China 47 43 7 7 49 353 59 Kristina Joder nbsp United States 48 06 0 8 11 654 57 Maja Kezele nbsp Croatia 48 43 1 8 48 716 Maj Helen Sorkmo nbsp Norway Did not finish19 Annmari Viljanmaa nbsp Finland40 Nobuko Fukuda nbsp Japan60 Elena Gorohova nbsp Moldova51 Margarit Nikolyan nbsp Armenia DisqualifiedDSQ 2 Larisa Lazutina nbsp Russia 39 56 2 1 8References edit Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter 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