On February 8, Beijing time, the Beijing Winter Olympics curling mixed double gold medal was produced, and Italy defeated Norway 8-5 to win the championship. The Chinese duo Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi once shouted the raising of the national flag and played the national anthem, but unfortunately, there is still a gap between the strength and the world's strongest team. Even, the most miserable defeat of the Chinese team was against Italy, 4-8 defeat! Italy has now won its first Olympic gold medal in curling.
For Italy, Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosana have only formed since 2019, and their best result is 5th in mixed doubles at the 2021 Curling World Championships. In Norway, Kristin Skarslien and Monus Nedregoten are husband and wife.
In the round robin, Italy won all 9 matches and were the only team to remain unbeaten, with Norway in second place, with 6 wins and 3 losses. The Chinese team finally ranked second from the bottom and missed the semi-finals.
It is worth mentioning that the biggest score loss of the Chinese team in this game is against Italy, 4-8, and it is this loss that makes the Chinese team miss the top 4 in advance. In this competition, Fan Suyuan / Ling Zhi once won 2 consecutive wins, but then it was all lost - 7 consecutive losses.
As a big dark horse, the more the Italian team goes to the back, the better it performs. In the semi-finals, they swept Sweden 8-1. Now it's time for the final and Italy has won!
In this battle, Norway scored 2 points first, and in the second set, Italy scored 2 points to equalize! In the third set, Italy scored a point. In the fourth set, Italy scored three points in the first set to take a 6-2 lead. In the fifth and sixth innings, each side scored 1 point, and Italy led 7-3, approaching the championship! In the seventh set, Norway scored two points and still trailed 5-7. The final set ended with Italy winning 8-5.
Two Italian players, the female Stefania Constantini, was formerly an ordinary salesman, and the male player Amos Mosana was a farmer. Today, they are Olympic champions, fairy tale dreams come true, and ugly ducklings become white swans!