Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner
The woman from Cortina (with Amos Mosaner) passed the first round at the Mixed World Cup and will participate in the Olympics. “It’s a crazy feeling, now we want the final”
ABERDEEN (Scotland)
Olympic pride. Stefania Constantini from Cortina flies to the Beijing Olympics in the mixed doubles of curling.
An extraordinary result that gives great prominence to the blue movement, as well as writing another page of Belluno sport. The young skip of the Curling Club Dolomiti will represent Italy in the five-circle competition in this particular specialty, together with her teammate Amos Mosaner (Aeronautica Militare).
Among other things, they are coached by Violetta Caldart from Belluno and the technical commissioner Ulrik Schmidt, who chose Cortina as his residence after being signed by the federation in the summer of 2019.
The ticket to China was validated yesterday in the early afternoon, beating the Russian Curling Federation 8-5.
The world championships are underway in Aberdeen (Scotland) and the Italian couple is achieving a series of truly impressive results. In the decisive match, down 2-0 at the first end, the Azzurri immediately responded with four points in the second, then controlling the opponent’s return attempt and placing the two points of the final 8-5 in the seventh round.
So with a round to spare for them came the Olympic qualification, in addition to the pass for the playoffs of the world championship and in addition to the qualification for next year’s world championships.
Three in one, one might say, even if the Olympics end up directly on the top step of the podium in terms of prestige.
“It’s a crazy feeling. A great emotion », Constantini comments directly from Scotland. «The match against Russia was decisive: we remained focused and lucid and took her home. We celebrated a bit, of course. Now, however, the focus is on today, where we will try to get the pass for tomorrow’s final. We will then have time and opportunity to realize in the next few days how significant the Olympic goal achieved is ».
As the Fisg (Italian Ice Sports Federation) recalls, for Italy this is the absolute first time in this specialty which debuted at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang. Moreover, and this is the big news, the blue curling manages to earn an Olympic pass already in a World Cup, without going through the pre-Olympic tournament.
In the coming months, the men’s and women’s national teams will also try to qualify for the Olympics. Constantini herself is part of this last selection, together with two other people from Belluno: Marta Lo Deserto and Giulia Zardini Lacedelli, also members of the Curling Club Dolomiti. –
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