Curling, Italy defeated by the USA. Azzurri for the bronze against Great Britain

The Italian curling team surrenders to the United States in the semi-final of the mixed doubles tournament at the Milan Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games. Under the eyes of Luciano Buonfiglio, president of CONI, and Giovanni Malagò, number one of the Milan Cortina foundation, and Federica Brignone, Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner lose 9-8 against Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin and fail to defend the gold won in Beijing 2022.

The Azzurri do not confirm the victory obtained in the morning against the USA, in the last match of the round robin, and will play for the bronze medal in the final tomorrow, Tuesday 10 February, at 2.05pm, against Great Britain of Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat. The stars and stripes duo will compete for the Olympic title against Sweden.

Mosaner “a pinch of cunning was missing”

“There’s a bit of regret. In the end it seemed to have turned in our favor. We weren’t smart enough on some occasions where we could have defended a little better, like in the end which we lost 3-0.” These are the words of Amos Mosaner in the mixed zone after the defeat.

“I’m a little emotional, we were one step away from the Olympic final and I was a little hurt. It’s also part of sport. We have to metabolize the defeat and in a few hours we will put all our strength into the final for the bronze. The support was extraordinary, whether we were ahead or behind”, adds Mosaner, who also returns to talk about the relationship with Federica Brignone, present in the stands today: “It’s always nice to see teammates among the spectators. We have a good relationship and she’s a very good person. solar”.