CHAMPION: Constantini Wins 2022 Winter Olympics

Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA) won 8-5 over Kristin Moen Skaslien (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles, held February 2 - 8, 2022 in Beijing, China. To advance to the championship game, Constantini won 8-1 over Almida de Val (Sundbyberg, SWE) in the semifinals

Constantini finished 9-0 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Constantini defeated Vicky Persinger (Chaska, USA) 8-4, then won 8-7 against Jenny Perret (Glarus, SUI) and 11-8 against Skaslien. Constantini won 10-2 against Zuzana Paulova (Prague, CZE), then won 7-3 against Tahli Gill (Brisbane, AUS) and 7-5 against Jennifer Dodds (Stirling, GBR). Constantini won 8-4 against Suyuan Fan (Beijing, CHN), then won 12-8 against de Val and 8-7 against Rachel Homan (Alberta, CAN) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles Championship title, Constantini earned 108.591 world rankings points, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 108.592 after improving upon their best so far this season. Constantini ranks 2nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 198.674 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	25	8	0	0.758	5-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	244	250	167	10.25	6.84	3.40	5.90	4.10	1.74	1.67	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	104	171	29	0	8-1	15-1	28-5	1.64	0.28	0.49	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	140	79	138	0	1-2	3-12	12-25	0.56	0.99	0.52	0.41

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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