Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's sprint
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Quick Facts Women's sprint at the XX Olympic Winter Games, Venue ...
Women's sprint at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Pragelato | ||||||||||||
Dates | February 22 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 66 from 28 nations | ||||||||||||
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The Women's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy was held on 22 February, at Pragelato.[1]
Emilie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion, but she won in the classical style, and the last free style sprint in the World Championships (in 2003) was won by Marit Bjørgen. Yuliya Chepalova is defending Olympic champion. The most recent freestyle sprint event in the World Cup, however, was won by the Russian Alyona Sidko at 30 December 2005.