Curling Discussion | Qualification to Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[Gianlu33 6,062]

2 hours ago, Josh said:

New  Team Retornaz has been announced

 

Lead: Alberto Pimpini

Second: Andrea Gilli

Third: Stefano Gilli

Skip: Joël Retornaz

And here the new  Team Spiller

 

L: Cesare Spiller

S: Sebastiano Arman

T: Amos Mosaner

Skip: Stefano Spiller

[Josh 13,647]

Stefania Constantini and her team out of Italy are heading their separate ways

 

Very confused to be honest, I know they had a bad season but I didn't expect to this happening... there's no real other options for any of them, unless they're focusing on Rock League/mixed doubles.

 

Italy has no other top female team, and the juniors aren't looking promising either, the last time they qualified a team to a World Juniors (not as host) was in 2014. Doubt the Italian Federation would let Constantini step away from the four-player game, she's too much of a talent, my guess is she'll "be forced" to go with Mariani (I mean her and Mosaner don't like each other much), still I have no idea who else they'd pick up given it's all five of them going their separate ways. Maybe Mathis will go back to representing Switzerland??