Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The Women’s 15 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy was held on 12 February at Pragelato.Julija Tchepalova was the reigning World Champion in the event while Canadian Beckie Scott won the 10 km pursuit at the 2002 Olympics. However neither were in the medals here; Kristina Šmigun and Kateřina Neumannová were neck-and-neck coming into the stadium but Šmigun was the quickest through the last straight and won by 1.9 seconds.
