// CHAMPIONSHIPS // 2013 WORLD MIXED DOUBLES CHAMPIONSHIP
USA finishes 12th in Fredericton
2013 World Mixed Doubles Championship Fredericton, New Brunswick Round robin standings
Group A Scotland Sweden Norway
Netherlands Estonia Finland Slovakia Latvia
England
Group B New Zealand Austria
Czech Republic USA
Japan
Denmark France
Australia Slovenia
Group C Switzerland Hungary Russia
Canada China Italy
Spain Korea
Romania
6-2 6-2 6-2 6-2 4-4 3-5 3-5 2-6 0-8
7-1 7-1 6-2 4-4 4-4 3-5 3-5 2-6 0-8
8-0 7-1 5-3 4-4 4-4 4-4 3-5 1-7 0-8
USA results: Czech Republic 9, USA 5 Austria 7, USA 6 USA 7, Denmark 5 USA 6, Slovenia 2 Austria 10, USA 7 USA 10, France 3 New Zealand 6, USA 5 USA 10, Japan 1
Tiebreaker 1: Norway 9, Netherlands 5 Tiebreaker 2: Czech Republic 8, Russia 3 Quarterfinals: Norway 9, Switzerland 4; Sweden 6, Scotland 4; Hungary 7, Austria 4; Czech Republic 9, New Zealand 2 Semifinals: Sweden 7, Norway 5 Hungary 10, Czech Republic 5
Bronze medal: Czech Rep. 8, Norway 1 Gold medal: Hungary 8, Sweden 7
wick, in memory of a loved one whose Christmas giſt brought good luck to the Americans. Tey defeated Japan, 10-1, to wrap up the round robin. “I’m kind of a little speechless right now. Te
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big thing was that game was for my grandma. I just went out there and I wanted to play well. It feels good to end like this,” Maureen Stolt said. “She passed away last year. She always wanted to see me curl on TV, which was a big thing. I changed my broom up this game to use the one she bought me for Christmas. She was like, ‘Sweep it to the pin for me.’ I found a little bit more motivation from that.” Maureen and Pete Stolt of Plymouth, Minn.,
ended their rookie appearance at the World Mixed Doubles Championship on a winning note with the lopsided victory over Hiroaki Kashiwagi and Yumiko Sato at the Grant Harvey Centre. “Tat game was more like us. All week, we
were just a little bit off. We knew we could do it, we knew we were in the mix, but we just couldn’t get things to go our way,” Maureen Stolt said aſter
eam USA played its final game of the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Cham- pionship in Fredericton, New Bruns-
Team USA: Maureen Stolt, Peter Stolt, Coach Lynita Delaney (back).
the win. “Tat game, the communication was good, we felt really good on the ice, the ice was swinging more.” Te Americans finished the week with a 4-4
record. Hungary went on to win the gold medal with an 8-7 victory over Sweden. It was Hun- gary's first-ever medal in curling. n
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