Story of the race

In the final A, Korea and China quickly take the lead exchanging first place many times in the following laps. Unfortunately, China and Korea fall together leaving Italy and Canada in the two top places. Kalyna Roberge has to jumped over the Chinese skater to avoid crash. Furthermore, Italy fall in the following and last lap of the race and Canada won the gold medal.

Videos

Ladies 3000m Relay Final A
Ladies 3000m Relay Final B

Results

Ladies 3000m Relay Final A - Heat 1
Place	Start Pos.	Relay Team	ISU Member	Results
1	3	CANADA - ROBERGE , Kalyna - BLONDIN , Ivanie - MALTAIS , ANNE - OVERLAND , Amanda	CAN	4:21.593
2	1	CHINA - CHENG , Xiaolei - LIU , Xiaoying - ZHU , Mile - FU , Tianyu	CHN	4:24.343
3	2	KOREA - JUNG , Eun-Ju - JEON , Ji-Soo - JIN , Sun-Yu - BYUN , Chun-Sa	KOR	4:25.948
4	4	ITALY - ZINI , Mara - ZINI , Katia - FONTANA , Arianna - CAPURSO , Marta	ITA	4:26.893

Ladies 3000m Relay Final B - Heat 1
Place	Start Pos.	Relay Team	ISU Member	Results
1	1	JAPAN - ITO , Ayuko - KAMINO , Yuka - KOYA , Yuko - SAKAI , Satomi	JPN	4:23.603
2	2	GERMANY - WALTER , Bianca - GRASSOW , Tina - RIEDEL , Julia - RUDOLPH , Susanne	GER	4:24.233
3	4	UNITED STATES - KOENIG , Tina - LANG , Sarah - DERRICK , Kimberly - WILKINS , Cherise	USA	4:28.459
4	3	RUSSIA - POTEMKINA , Valeriya - ZHALYALETDINOVA , Karina - MASKAIKINA , Olga - BELYAKOVA , Olga	RUS	4:32.213

Credit: Results from Cyberscoreboard