Liga Avena/Aivars Avotins (Riga, LAT) lost
9-2 to
Tori Koana/Go Aoki (Karuizawa, JPN) in the Final of the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2, held April 4 - 7, 2024 in Riga, Latvia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Avena/Avotins won
9-5 over
Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) to advance to the championship game. of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 in Riga, Latvia; of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 in Riga, Latvia;
Avena/Avotins finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Avena/Avotins defeated
Dace Regza/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT) 10-6, then won
12-2 against
Katerina Lerlova/David Havlena (Prague, CZE) and
10-5 against
Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK). Avena/Avotins went on to lose
2-0 against
Rykove/Rykov. Avena/Avotins responded with a
10-1 win over
Sanita Saulgrieze/Janis Redlihs (Riga, LAT) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2, Avena/Avotins take home
8.250 world rankings points along with the $400CDN prize. For week 37 of the event schedule, Avena/Avotins did not improve upon their best events, improving from 861st to 860th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with
0 total points. Avena/Avotins ranks 574th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
0.000 points earned so far this season.
