Estonian Kristina Šmigun-Vähi Wins Silver in Women’s 10k Cross-Country Race

15 February 2010

Today in Vancouver, Estonian cross-country skier Kristina Šmigun-Vähi won the silver medal in the Women’s 10k Cross-Country race, 6.6 seconds behind gold medal winner Charlotte Kalla of Sweden.

The Estonian skier’s silver-winning time was 25 minutes, 05.0 seconds. Šmigun-Vähi’s silver joins the two gold medals she won during the last winter Olympics in Turin, in the Women’s 10k Classical race and 15k Pursuit.

Photo of Šmigun-Vähi crossing the finish line: http://abcnews.go.com/meta/search/imageDetail?format=plain&source=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fimages%2FSports%2FOLYCC11502151859

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-news/n/news/afp-news/cross-country-skiing--sweden%27s-kalla-claims-cross-country-gold_278828eT.html