Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The Women’s team sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy was held on 14 February at Pragelato. This was the first time the team sprint was contested in the Winter Olympics. Each race featured teams of two with each skier completing 3 laps of a 1145 metre course.This event had been held once previously at the World Championships but then as a free technique event which Hilde G. Pedersen and Marit Bjørgen won for Norway.
