On February 10, Beijing time, cross-country skiing at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ended the women's 10 km (traditional technology) competition, and Norwegian star Johaiug won the championship in 28 minutes 06 seconds 3 seconds, which was the second gold medal she won at the Winter Olympics. The best performer for the Chinese team was Chi Chunxue, who finished 39th.
Cross-country skiing women's 10 km (traditional technique) is the strength of European and American athletes, Pyeongchang Winter Olympic champion Haga did not qualify for the Olympic Games, Norwegian legend Bjorgan has chosen to retire. In the cross-country skiing World Cup standings before the Olympic Games, Nepriyaeva of the Russian-Austrian team ranked first in the table, and she was a strong contender for the gold medal in the event along with Sweden's Karlsson, Norway's Joheyug and Finland's Niskanen.
The Chinese team this time had Li Xin, Chi Chunxue, Yi Lamujiang and Ma Qinghua participating, and the Chinese team's previous best result in this event was 18th place at the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics. According to the rules of the competition, each runner starts at 30 seconds intervals, which allows each runner to have better slope conditions during the taxi.
Li Xin made her fourth appearance, and the first half of the slide was still a little slow, and then there was some acceleration in the following race, finishing the game in 31 minutes 36 seconds 9. Yi lamujiang and Chi Chunxue appeared in the 17th and 18th places in turn, and during the race, Chi Chunxue slid faster, surpassing her teammates to finish the race first, and she finished with a time of 31 minutes and 10 seconds 6. Yilamujiang's time was 32:23.8.
Johaiug made her 36th appearance, and in the first half she maintained a steady glide speed, maintaining a segmented score in the top few. Niskanen came in 40th and was faster in the first half, with a segmented lead. At the end of the 6.8 km, Niskanen finished at 19:53.6, with Y.Häyug trailing 10.1 seconds behind at this time point. As the race moved on, Johaiug began to speed up, her speed getting faster and faster, and the time difference with Niskanen became less and less.
At 8.6 km, Niskanen's segmented time was 24:56.3, with Joheyug just 1.3 seconds behind in second place. The other contestants are all more than 20 seconds away from them. In the last 1 km sprint, Johaiug showed super strength, she slid faster and faster, and finally finished the race with a time of 28 minutes 06 seconds 3 seconds. Niskanen also sprinted in the final stage, and her finish time was 28 minutes 06 seconds 7, just 0.4 seconds away from Johaiug.
In the following competitions, no other player could surpass Johäyug, so Yohäyug won the gold medal, Niskanen finished second, and another Finnish player, Palma koski, finished third. Chi Chunxue finished 39th, Li Xin 45th, Ma Qinghua 50th, and Yilamujiang 56th.