Winter Olympics 2022 - Flawless Italy cap unbeaten run with curling gold in mixed doubles as Norway settle for silver

Italy's mixed doubles team remained unbeaten on their way to Olympic curling gold with a dominant performance over Norway. Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner made it 11 straight wins with a 8-5 win in the final over Norwegians Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten, who could not replicate the kind of form shown against Team GB in the semi-final.

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In a fabulous third end, a mistake from Skaslien saw Norway catch the guard stone, with Italy bumping their own red stone backwards onto the button. Gu breaks the internet with Olympic gold for China Ledecka on course for more Olympic history after retaining snowboard title And for the first time in the match the Italians took the lead with a steal off Norway before it went from bad to worse for Nedregotten and Skaslien in the fourth end.

Constantini found the button with a perfect final stone from the Italians and Skaslien, trying to bump the guard stone into the button, missed completely to hand Italy three points and a 6-2 lead at the halfway point. Unsurprisingly, Norway used their power play in the fifth end but the duo appeared nervous as Mosaner continued to throw perfectly and head off Norway at every angle.

But hope remained as Skaslien drew the button with the hammer and reduced the deficit to three. In the sixth end the brilliant Constantini swerved the guard stone to