Great Britain has pulled away with a playoff spot, leaving a wild scramble on Sunday
The “volatile” nature of mixed doubles curling – so dubbed by our resident MD expert Tomi Rantamäki – is in full reveal at the Cortina Olympic Stadium in northern Italy.
On the four-year anniversary of Great Britain’s playoff qualification in Beijing, Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat are confirmed for this year’s playoffs with a spotless 7-0 won/loss record. The pair scored Saturday wins over Canada (7-5) and USA (6-4) to continue their run that has them looking a lot like the Italians four years ago.
ITA vs EST • Jennifer Lorenzini-Reuters via Imagn ImagesSpeaking of defending Olympic champions Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, they started their day with a 9-4 loss to Sweden before stealing a critical victory over Norway by a tense 6-5 scoreline.
The host Italians are tied with United States for second place at 4-2, while Sweden – who walloped Switzerland 13-4 earlier in the day – are at 4-3.
Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant lost a third game in a row to Estonia by an 8-6 scoreline and sit at 3-3, tied with the Swiss.
Canada needs a big Sunday • Eric Bolte-Imagn ImagesNorway and Estonia are a game back at 2-4, while Czechia and South Korea are both 1-5.
Four round robin draws remain, with three of them on tap for Sunday.