Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics – Women's long distance

Cross-country skiing - Women's long at the IX Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Pragelato
Dates	18–19 March 2006

Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Paralympics
Short distance Free (5km: W sitting 2.5km)		men		women
Middle distance Classic (10km: W sitting 5km)		men		women
Long distance Classic (M 20/15km, W 15/10km)		men		women
3 x 2.5 km relay				women
1 x 3.75 km + 2 x 5 km relay		men

Women's long distance cross-country classic skiing events at the 2006 Winter Paralympics were contested at Pragelato on 18–19 March.^[1]

There were 3 events, of 15 km or 10 km distance. Standings were decided by applying a disability factor to the actual times achieved.

Results

15km Visually impaired

The visually impaired event was competed on 19 March. It was won by Lioubov Vasilieva, representing Russia.^[2]

Rank	Name	Country	Real Time	Factor	Finish Time
	Lioubov Vasilieva	Russia	53:57.6	98	52:52.9
	Yadviha Skarabahataya	Belarus	54:26.4	98	53:21.1
	Tatiana Ilioutchenko	Russia	53:31.0	100	53:31.0
4	Sisko Kiiski	Finland	54:05.3	100	54:05.3
5	Verena Bentele	Germany	1:02:36.8	87	54:28.4
6	Miyuki Kobayashi	Japan	1:03:21.4	87	55:07.2
7	Lixia Han	China	56:42.4	98	55:34.4
8	Elvira Ibraginova	Russia	55:47.5	100	55:47.5
9	Viktoriya Chernova	Russia	57:12.5	98	56:03.9
10	Tone Gravvold	Norway	58:48.5	98	57:37.9
11	Tetyana Smyrnova	Ukraine	59:38.1	100	59:38.1
12	Emilie Tabouret	France	1:08:55.2	87	59:57.6
13	Nathalie Morin	France	1:01:14.3	100	1:01:14.3
14	Blagovesta Koleva	Bulgaria	1:10:19.5	100	1:10:19.5

10km Sitting

The sitting event was competed on 18 March. It was won by Liudmila Vauchok, representing Belarus.^[3]

Rank	Name	Country	Real Time	Factor	Finish Time
	Liudmila Vauchok	Belarus	32:52.8	94	30:54.5
	Olena Iurkovska	Ukraine	31:50.9	100	31:50.9
	Colette Bourgonje	Canada	37:34.4	86	32:18.8
4	Lyudmyla Pavlenko	Ukraine	33:22.2	98	32:42.2
5	Monica Bascio	United States	35:07.0	94	33:00.6
6	Svitlana Tryfonova	Ukraine	35:33.3	94	33:25.3
7	Shauna Maria Whyte	Canada	34:51.3	98	34:09.5
8	Candace Cable	United States	37:27.7	94	35:12.8
9	Nannan Zhang	China	39:51.2	100	39:51.2
	Francesca Porcellato	Italy	DNF
	Irina Polyakova	Russia	DNS

15km Standing

The standing event was competed on 19 March. It was won by Katarzyna Rogowiec, representing Poland.^[4]

Rank	Name	Country	Real Time	Factor	Finish Time
	Katarzyna Rogowiec	Poland	1:06:41.3	79	52:41.0
	Anna Burmistrova	Russia	59:13.3	92	54:29.1
	Yuliya Batenkova	Ukraine	1:00:48.3	91	55:20.0
4	Chiara Devittori	Switzerland	59:50.5	96	57:26.9
5	Iryna Kyrychenko	Ukraine	1:06:34.0	87	57:54.8
6	Larysa Varona	Belarus	1:03:12.7	92	58:09.3
7	Anne Floriet	France	1:05:34.6	90	59:01.1
8	Maija Loeytynoja	Finland	1:05:14.4	92	1:00:01.2
9	Grazyna Gron	Poland	1:06:27.0	92	1:01:08.0
10	Kelly Underkofler	United States	1:07:06.6	92	1:01:44.5
11	Stina Sellin	Sweden	1:07:37.0	92	1:02:12.4
12	Yuanyuan Peng	China	1:11:51.7	92	1:06:06.7
13	Momoko Dekijima	Japan	1:12:50.5	91	1:06:17.1
	Alena Gorbunova	Russia	DNF
	Anna Szarota	Poland	DNS

References

1. "IX Paralympic Winter Games Competition Schedule" (PDF). Torino 2006 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
2. "Cross-country Skiing: Women's 15 km: Visually impaired". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 11 October 2012.
3. "Cross-country Skiing: Women's 10 km: Sitting". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 11 October 2012.
4. "Cross-country Skiing: Women's 15 km: Standing". International Paralympic Committee (IPC). Retrieved 11 October 2012.