The pairings have been done for the Mixed Doubles competition at the Youth Olympics in Innsbruck Austria, as determind by the final standings in the Mixed Team competition. PEI’s Bronze Medallist Emily Gray has been paired with Robert-Kent Paell of Estonia. The duo will be coached by the Team Canada Mixed team coach Helen Radford. 

All the athletes competing in the event will be paired in a Mixed Doubles team – making a total of 32 teams. Teams consist of one male and one female curler, from different nations

Click for full list of_Mixed_Doubles_Team_Line_Ups (PDF)

The Mixed Doubles starts Friday.

Description of Mixed Doubles curling:
– Instead of playing in teams of four, mixed doubles curling is for teams of two players – one male and one female (no alternate is allowed).
– The game is played on the same sheets of ice as ‘traditional’ curling.
– Teams have only six stones each (instead of eight) – and one of those stones, from each team, is prepositioned on the centreline before each end of play starts.
– Order of play: – Player one – delivers the 1st and last stones and player two plays the 2nd 3rd and 4th stones. NB: the two players can swap positions from one end to the next if they choose.
– The sweeping can be done by both team members.
– Each team receives 46 minutes of playing time and games are fixed at 8 ends – compared to 73 minutes and 10 ends for ‘traditional’ curling.