Fly the Italy of curling with Constantini and Mosaner: beaten USA and Switzerland

The Italian mixed curling Olympics begins in an extraordinary way, led by the Auronzana Violetta Caldart. Two victories for Stefania Constantini from Cortina and Amos Mosaner from Trentino

BEIJING. The Beijing Winter Olympics will kick off tomorrow afternoon with the inaugural ceremony. But for some they have already begun. And to the great by the way! The Italy of the mixed doubles of curling has in fact won both the opening match of the group against the USA and the following one against Switzerland.

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An enormous joy for the novice from Cortina Stefania Constantini, born in 1999 belonging to the Ampezzo Curling Club Dolomiti association. It is she who represents the blue colors together with the strong player Amos Mosaner, who among other things after the doubles tournament will also be the protagonist of the Games with the men’s national team.

Clear the affirmation against the American duo, passed 8-4 in the Italian night. This morning, on the other hand, it took almost two hours of game to win over Switzerland. 8-7 at the end of a very high level match and remained in the balance until the last stone. After two matches our national team therefore travels with full points! A great satisfaction also for the Auronzana coach Violetta Caldart.

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The next appointment for Italy is in the night / morning against Norway (1.35 am Italian time) and the Czech Republic (6.35 am). Saturday is Australia (7.05) and Great Britain (13.05), Sunday the opponents will be China (7.05) and Sweden (13.05), while the group closes in the night between Sunday and Monday against Canada (2.05). The semifinals and the two finals for gold and bronze are also scheduled between Monday 7 and Tuesday 8.

Single group standings: China, Great Britain, Italy 2-0; Czech Republic, Norway, Sweden 1-1; Use 1-2; Canada 0-1; Australia, Switzerland 0-2.

(The first four classified go to the semifinals).