CHAMPIONSHIPS
2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games Round robin standings: Pool A
USA
Switzerland Russia Turkey Italy
China
New Zealand Japan
Canada
Great Britain Sweden Norway
6-1 6-1 6-1 3-4 3-4 2-5 1-6
1-6 Pool B
7-0 6-1 5-2 4-3
Republic of Korea 3-4 Czech Republic Estonia Brazil
2-5 1-6 0-7
Team USA's Cait Flannery (l-r), Ben Richardson, Cora Farrell, and Luc Violette took home silver medals in team competition at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, in February.
Silver is golden for USA’s Youth Olympians
By Terry L. Davis, Editor
Lillehammer, Norway. It is the first team medal for the U.S. at this
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event. Team USA’s Luc Violette (Lake Stevens, Wash.), Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, Alaska), Ben Richardson (Issaquah, Wash.), and Cait Flannery (Mankato, Minn.) finished with an 8-2 record af- ter the 10-4 loss to Canada’s Mary Fay rink in the gold-medal game at Lillehammer Curling Hall. Te team is coached by Tom Violette (Lake Ste- vens, Wash.). “Tis silver medal means the world to us. We
are so happy being on the podium representing our country,” said Flannery, 16. Canada finished the team competition with a
perfect 10-0 record. Te runner-up finish for the U.S. is the best finish in Under 21 competition since the Americans won gold at the 2008 World Junior Championships. “Tis week has been amazing; I couldn’t be prouder of the team. Tey were really playing to their potential this week,”
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Violette said. Te U.S. team had an uphill battle in the final
aſter giving up five points in the opening end to Canada. Te Americans scored two points in the second only to have Team Canada counter with two more to keep the five-point advantage. Te U.S. was then held to single points with the last- rock advantage in the fourth and sixth ends as Canada secured the win. “Te first end was tough; I mean some things
didn’t go in our way. If the first end had gone bet- ter I think it wouldn’t have been the same. I think we played to our potential. It was a good game,” said Richardson, 17. Te gold-medal was an upgrade from the
bronze won in 2012 by Canada. Te U.S. team finished fiſth that year as the event debuted in Innsbruck, Austria. “I’m really proud of the team. We are happy,
because to medal and to be on the podium is a great feeling,” Farrell said. Switzerland defeated Russia, 11-3, to win the
bronze medal. Te 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games will be staged in Switzerland. Q
Tiebreaker: Turkey 6, Italy 5 Quarterfinals: Switzerland 7, Sweden 3 Canada 10, Turkey 2 USA 5, Norway 4 Russia 9, Great Britain 5 Semifinals: USA 8, Russia 6 Canada 7, Switzerland 5 Bronze-medal game: Switzerland 11, Russia 3
Gold-medal game: USA 020 101 0xx x – 4 *Canada 502 020 1xx x – 10 *last rock in first end Mixed Doubles:
Gold: Yako Matsuzawa (Japan) & Philipp Hoesli (Switzerland) Silver: Yu Han (China) & Ross Whyte (Great Britain) Bronze: Ruiyi Zhao (China) & Andreas Haarstad (Norway)
USA results:
9th place: Britta Sillaots (Estonia) & Luc Violette (United States of America), 1-1 9th place: Giovanna Barros (Brazil) & Ben Richardson (United States of America), 1-1 17th place: Cait Flannery (United States of America) & Kota Ito (Japan), 0-1 17th place: Cora Farrell (United States of America) & Ben Smith (New Zealand), 0-1
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