Bronze for Rykove/Rykov at 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2

Games:	8
Record:	5W - 3L
PF/G:	8.70
PA/G:	7.41
Hammer Efficiency:	0.26
Steal Defense:	0.37
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.41

Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) won 6-4 over Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) in the Bronze Medal game at 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; Akvile Rykove/Konstantin Rykov (Vilnius, LTU) won 6-4 over Mintaute Jurkute/Paulius Rymeikis (Vilnius, LTU) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 in Riga, Latvia. Rykove/Rykov lost 9-5 to Liga Avena/Aivars Avotins (Riga, LAT) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 in Riga, Latvia; and won 12-5 over Katrina Gaidule/Roberts Buncis (Riga, LAT) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2 in Riga, Latvia;

Rykove/Rykov finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Rykove/Rykov defeated Paulina Hajduk/Jan Horacek (Bratislava, SVK) 8-3, then went on to lose 8-5 against Dace Regza/Ansis Regza (Riga, LAT). Rykove/Rykov responded with a 5-4 win over Sanita Saulgrieze/Janis Redlihs (Riga, LAT). Rykove/Rykov won 2-0 against Avena/Avotins. Rykove/Rykov went on to lose 7-4 against Katerina Lerlova/David Havlena (Prague, CZE) in their final qualifying round match.

With their third place finish at the WCT Latvian Mixed Doubles Curling Cup 2, Rykove/Rykov earn 6.750 world rankings points and 300CDN. For week 37 of the event schedule, Rykove/Rykov did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Rykove/Rykov ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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Tori Koana, Go Aoki
Karuizawa, JPN
2023: Linnea Nilsson
Linnea Nilsson, Simon Olofsson
Uppsala, SWE
2023: Linda Joo
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Budapest, HUN
2022: Karoliine Kaare
Karoliine Kaare, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST
2021: Marie Kaldvee
Marie Kaldvee, Harri Lill
Tallinn, EST

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