FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Women's team sprint
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The Women's team sprint took place on 25 February 2009. Team sprint qualifying at 11:00 CET and finals at 13:00 CET. The defending world champions were Finland's Riitta-Liisa Roponen and Virpi Kuitunen.[1] Kuitunen defended her title with Aino-Kaisa Saarinen. The Finns led at every exchange until the last rounds at the finish to win by 20 seconds. This event was Saarinen's third medal at these championships. Anna Olsson earned her first championship medal while Andersson, Longa and Follis earned their second medals at these championships.
| Women's team sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Liberec | |||||||||
| Date | 25 February 2009 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 34 from 17 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 17 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 19:43.7 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Results
Q – Qualified for final round due to placing in heat
q – Qualified for final round due to times
PF – Placing decided by Photo finish
Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advance to the final.
- Semifinal 1
| Rank | Heat | Bib | Country | Athletes | Time | Note |
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- Semifinal 2
| Rank | Heat | Bib | Country | Athletes | Time | Note |
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Final
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athlete | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 |  Finland | Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Virpi Kuitunen | 19:43.7 | — | |
 | 3 |  Sweden | Anna Olsson Lina Andersson | 20:03.7 | +20.0 | |
 | 2 |  Italy | Marianna Longa Arianna Follis | 20:07.5 | +23.8 | |
| 4 | 15 |  Japan | Masako Ishida Madoka Natsumi | 20:08.9 | +25.2 | |
| 5 | 12 |  Norway | Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Ingvild Flugstad Østberg | 20:31.4 | +47.7 | |
| 6 | 13 |  Canada | Sara Renner Perianne Jones | 20:47.3 | +1:03.6 | |
| 7 | 4 |  Germany | Katrin Zeller Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle | 20:51.7 | +1:08.0 | |
| 8 | 16 |  Kazakhstan | Oxana Yatskaya Svetlana Shishkina | 20:52.8 | +1:09.1 | |
| 9 | 7 |  Czech Republic | Ivana Janečková Kamila Rajdlová | 21:37.9 | +1:54.2 | |
| — | 10 |  Russia | Yevgeniya Shapovalova Natalya Matveyeva | DSQ | ||