Linnea Nilsson/Simon Olofsson (Uppsala, SWE) finished 7-0 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Nilsson/Olofsson defeated
Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) 6-4, then won
10-9 against
Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) and
11-1 against
Evita Regza/Renars Freidensons (Riga, LAT). Nilsson/Olofsson won
7-4 against
Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU), then won
9-4 against
Alexandra Adam/Zoltan Varkoly (Budapest, HUN) and
7-5 against
Gaidule/Buncis. Nilsson/Olofsson won
7-2 against
Cathy Vivien Vahi/Marten Padama (Tallinn, EST) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 1 Championship title, Nilsson/Olofsson earned
3.750 world rankings points along with the $600CDN first prize cheque. Nilsson/Olofsson move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -0.281 points improving upon their best 5 results so far this season, ranking 862nd overall with
0 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Nilsson/Olofsson ranks 222nd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.750 points earned so far this season.
