The Americans fell to Austria's Christian Roth and Claudia Roth, 12-7, in the bronze-medal game this afternoon at the Milli Piyango Curling Hall. This was Austria's first ever world curling medal.
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The Americans (7-3) defeated China, 8-2, earlier today in the quarterfinals held at the Milli Piyango Curling Hall but then fell to undefeated Switzerland in the semifinal, 9-7. They will now face Austria (6-4) as they seek USA's first-ever medal at this event, which began in 2008. Switzerland (10-0) will play Sweden (8-2) for the gold medal. Both medal games begin at 8 a.m. CT.
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Team USA completed the round robin with a 7-4 loss to the Czech Republic's team of Lukas Klima and Petra Vinsova this morning at the Milli Piyango Curling Hall. The Americans had already secured their quarterfinal berth prior to the start of today's match. They finish the round robin with a 6-2 record and are currently ranked fifth for the quarterfinals. They will play China (7-1) at 8 a.m. Sunday (7 hours ahead of EST). China's Yansong Ji and Sijia Liu finished second in the Red Pool behind Canada (8-0).
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Despite a loss this morning to Switzerland (8-0), the Blue Pool group champion, USA's team of Brady Clark and Cristin Clark of Lynnwood, Wash., balanced the day with an 8-3 win over Ireland to better their record to 6-1 at the Milli Piyango Curling Hall.
The Americans will conclude its round robin portion of the 2012 World Mixed Doubles on Saturday morning against the Czech Republic (3-4). This game will be featured live on the webtream at http://www.youtube.com/WorldCurlingTV. Team USA will find out its quarterfinal ranking and opponent after the conclusion of the round robin. The playoffs get underway at 8 a.m. (local time) Sunday.
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Today's victories improve Team USA to 5-0 just behind Switzerland (6-0) in the Blue Group. Those two undefeated teams will clash tomorrow morning for what likely will be for key playoff positioning.
“Any day you get two wins is a good day. We just dialed in on our weight – so you’ve got your draw weight and once you get that and throw a reasonable line, the game gets a little easier. Having a couple years of experience having done this before, you feel at ease and you just play as opposed to letting nerves get in the way.”
In the morning, Team USA earned a 9-4 victory over England's duo of John Sharp and Lorna Rettig at the Milli Piyango Curling Hall. "We managed a few steals and were efficient with the hammer today versus England," Brady Clark said.
In the afternoon game with Estonia's Martin Lill and Kristine Lill, Team USA capitalized on a steal of five points in the second end to seize the game's momentum.
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Team USA earned a 7-4 win over Germany's team of Manual Walter and Ann Kathrin Bastian earlier today and held off Japan in the evening session to keep their record unblemished.
"I love curling with Brady and we're best friends too. We communicate well and we get each other's thinking ... and I think it does help us," Cristin Clark said.
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"It's nice to start with a win," Cristin Clark said. Team USA flipped the "on" button in the fourth end and kept New Zealand's team of John Campbell and Natalie Campbell off the scoreboard after the fifth end en route to the two-point win. The Clarks, of Lynnwood, Wash., are playing in their third world mixed doubles competition.
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