Women's sprint at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Venue | Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex | ||||||||||||
Dates | 11 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 67 from 31 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 2:35.49 | ||||||||||||
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Maiken Caspersen Falla | Norway | ||
Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | Norway | ||
Vesna Fabjan | Slovenia |
The women's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.
An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.
The final was held at 17:29.