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Team USA (l-r) Fran Walsh, MacAllan Guy, Em Good, and Fred Maxie. Photo courtesy of the World Curling Federation
USA finishes ninth at World Mixed Championship in Russia
By Terry L. Davis, Editor
the Round of 16 playoffs of the 2016 World Mixed Championship. Maxie (Scottsdale, Ariz.) and his team of Em
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Good (Seattle), MacAllan Guy (Seattle), and Fran Walsh (Burien, Wash.) had won its past five games to earn a playoff berth at the Sport Palace in Kazan, Russia. Te team met the Scottish rink skipped by Cameron Bryce and struggled to put points on the scoreboard in the low-scoring af- fair.
Maxie’s rink scored first in the game as the
team put a single point on the scoreboard. How- ever, it would be the only time the team would profit as Scotland scored three points in the sec- ond end to take the lead for good. Te U.S. team had the last-rock advantage for the remaining six ends but was unable to set up the necessary points for the win. It was the first world championship appear-
ance for the U.S. team members aſter they cap- tured the 2016 USA Curling Mixed National Championship title this spring in Tempe, Ariz.
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SA’s Fred Maxie rink finally saw its win streak come to an end as Scot- land defeated the Americans, 4-1, in
A record 37 countries competed in event’s second year
Te team was coached by Bob Walstad (Bottin- eau, N.D.). Aſter getting off to an 0-2 start, the Americans rattled off five straight wins to secure a berth in the playoffs where they met Scotland, the eventual bronze medalists. Russia's Aleksandr Krushelnitckii rink won
the event aſter defeating Sweden's Kristian Lind- strom, 5-4, in an extra end in the gold-medal game. Scotland would defeat Korea, 8-4, to get on the podium. It was the second straight year that Sweden finished second while Russia improved from fourth to first. Krushelnitckii and vice skip Anastasia Bryzgalova also won the mixed dou- bles world championship back in April. Te 2017 World Mixed Championship will
take place Oct. 6-14, 2017, in Champery, Swit- zerland. Te U.S. team will be determined at the 2017 U.S. Mixed National Championship, which will be contested March 17-25 in Williston, N.D.
2016 World Mixed Championship Oct. 14-22, Kazan, Russia Round robin standings: Group A 6-0 Q 5-1 Q 4-2 Q
New Zealand 3-3 Q Norway Belarus
Romania Sweden
Hungary Finland England Ireland Slovakia Brazil
Russia Poland
2-4 1-5 0-6
Group B: 6-0 Q 5-1 Q 3-3 Q 3-3 2-4 2-4 0-6
Group C: 6-0 Q 4-2 Q
Czech Republic 4-2 Q Denmark Australia Spain
Kazakhstan Canada
Korea USA
Latvia
Austria France
Andorra Belgium
Germany
Switzerland Turkey Wales
Estonia Croatia Slovenia
Netherlands
4-2 2-4 1-5 0-6
Group D: 7-0 Q 5-2 Q 5-2 Q 4-3 4-3 2-5 1-6 0-7
Group E: 7-0 Q 6-1 Q 5-2 Q 4-3 3-4 2-5 1-6 0-7
Q = Qualified to Round of 16 playoffs
Tiebreaker game results: Finland 6, England 5 Czech Republic 10, Denmark 3
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