Skaslien Runner-Up at 2022 Winter Olympics

Kristin Moen Skaslien (Oslo, NOR) lost 8-5 to Stefania Constantini (Trentino, ITA) in the Final of the Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles, held February 2 - 8, 2022 in Beijing, China. To advance to the championship game, Skaslien won 6-5 over Jennifer Dodds (Stirling, GBR) in the semifinals of the 2022 Winter Olympics - Mixed Doubles in Beijing, China;

Skaslien finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . 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, remaining in 778th place overall on the World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 79.634 after improving upon their best so far this season. Skaslien ranks 1st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 252.548 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	29	10	0	0.744	3-1	0-1	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	269	293	184	10.89	6.84	4.05	5.80	4.20	1.88	1.63	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	115	190	41	0	12-0	15-2	31-9	1.65	0.36	0.50	0.24

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	154	103	143	0	1-4	7-13	16-19	0.67	0.93	0.58	0.45

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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