Rykove/Rykov2-3 at WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1

Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) finished 2-3 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rykove/Rykov defeated Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) 7-6, then went on to lose 11-4 against Evita Regza/Renars Freidensons (Riga, LAT). Rykove/Rykov responded with a 6-4 win over Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN). Rykove/Rykov went on to lose 7-4 against Linnea Nilsson/Simon Olofsson (Uppsala, SWE). Rykove/Rykov lost 8-6 to Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.

Rykove/Rykov earned 0.375 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. For week 18 of the event schedule, Rykove/Rykov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rykove/Rykov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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