Cross-country skiing · International
Bente Skari won the women's 15 km classic at the 2001 FIS World Championships
Bente Skari (Norway) won gold, Olga Danilova (Russia) took silver and Kaisa Varis (Finland) earned bronze. FIS records Bente Skari's winning mark as 43:54.8; the silver and bronze margins were +7.7 and +1:02.7.
2001-02-15 · Lahti
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Completed result
Bente Skari (Norway) won gold, Olga Danilova (Russia) took silver and Kaisa Varis (Finland) earned bronze. The completed women's 15 km classic was held in Lahti, Finland, on 15 February 2001 as part of the 2001 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
FIS records Bente Skari's winning mark as 43:54.8; the silver and bronze margins were +7.7 and +1:02.7. This archive report counts the single completed medal event once and does not split qualification rounds, race legs, athletes or medal places into separate reports.
Competition and evidence
The official FIS result page provides race 2342, the event date and final classification. The FIS championship event catalogue establishes the programme, while the IntersportStats competition record supplies independent corroboration.
Date precision
The exact historical event date is stored separately from this report's 2026-10-13 publication timestamp. The cancelled women's 30 km event is not represented as a completed report.
Sources
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