United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials

The United States mixed doubles Olympic curling trials occur every four years, in the year preceding the Winter Olympic Games. These trials have been used to determine the United States representatives in the year's Winter Olympic Games since mixed doubles curling was added to the Olympic program for the 2018 Winter Olympic games.[1]

United States Mixed Doubles Olympic Curling Trials
Established2017
2021 host cityEveleth, Minnesota
2021 arenaCurl Mesabi Curling Club
2021 championAlaskaMinnesota Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys
Current edition

The 2021 trials were originally announced to be held in Irvine, California,[2] but less than a month before they were to begin the decision was made to move them to Eveleth, Minnesota, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

Champions

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Trials Winning team Runners-up Location Placing at Olympics
2017   Becca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton    Cory Christensen / John Shuster Blaine, Minnesota 6th[4]
2021    Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys   Jamie Sinclair / Rich Ruohonen Eveleth, Minnesota[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials kick off in Blaine". USA Curling. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Great Park Ice to Host 2022 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Team Trials". NHL. 2020-01-21. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
  3. ^ a b "U.S. Olympic Curling Trials moves cities less than a month out". NBC Sports. September 27, 2021. Retrieved September 28, 2021.
  4. ^ "Mixed Doubles Final Ranking". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
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