Kristin Moen Skaslien (Oslo, NOR) lost
8-5 to
Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA) in the Final To advance to the championship game, Skaslien won
6-5 over
Jennifer Dodds (Stirling, UK) in the semifinals of the 2022 Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles in Beijing, China;
Skaslien finished 6-3 in the 10 team
Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles qualifying round, held February 2 - 8, 2022 in , . In their opening game, Skaslien lost
7-6 to
Zuzana Paulova (Prague, CZE), then responded with a
11-6 win over
Vicky Persinger (Chaska, USA). Skaslien went on to lose
7-6 against
Rachel Homan (Alberta, CAN). Skaslien lost
11-8 to
Constantini where Skaslien responded with a
10-4 win over
Tahli Gill (Brisbane, AUS). Skaslien won
9-6 against
Suyuan Fan (Beijing, CHN), then won
6-2 against
Almida de Val (Sundbyberg, SWE) and
6-2 against
Dodds. Skaslien won
6-5 against
Jenny Perret (Glarus, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles, Skaslien take home
79.633 world rankings points. Skaslien gained 63.052 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the
World Ranking Standings into 728thplace overall with
414.072 total points. Skaslien ranks 1st overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
299.672 points earned so far this season.
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