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We’re down to the final day of action at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, with only two games remaining to hand out the hardware.

Here’s a look at Saturday’s medal round games.

Gold Medal Game: Italy vs. Scotland

The top two teams from Group A will face off again only this time for the ultimate prize.

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner bested Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat 7-4 when they met Tuesday during round-robin play.

Key for Italy was starting with the hammer and converting for a deuce in the opening end, as well as holding Scotland to a single when the team deployed its power play in the sixth.

Italy takes an unblemished 10-0 record into the final, but the reigning Olympic champions needed an extra end to fend off Estonia 7-6 in Friday’s semifinals, with Constantini delivering a clutch draw. Constantini and Mosaner appear to have regained their golden touch from Beijing, and it certainly bodes well with Italy set to host the Winter Olympics next year.

Although Italy holds a guaranteed spot in those Winter Olympics, Constantini and Mosaner haven’t eased up with the pair holding a 21-game winning streak at the international level.

“We did really great in Beijing, but now we are here, so it’s another moment, another tournament, so the focus has to be the same or also more than what we had,” Constantini told The Curling Group’s Devin Heroux. “We are trying to do it.”

Meanwhile, Scotland has won five straight since that loss to Italy, including a 7-5 victory over the United States in Friday’s qualification round, followed by a 9-6 decision against Australia in the semifinals.

Trailing 3-1 to Australia, the 2021 world champs grabbed the lead for good with a count of five points in the fourth end. After singles back and forth, Australia scored a deuce in the seventh to close within one, however, Scotland held the hammer coming home and used its power play to tack two more points on the board.

“It’s not been an easy week,” Dodds told Heroux. “We kind of had our struggles mid-week, but when our backs were up against the wall, we kind of really came out firing from the Swedish game onwards. I think we’ve just shown how strong we are as a pair and the performances came with that and hopefully, we can do it one more time.”

Mouat has had a sensational year, capturing the world men’s title and becoming the first to win four Grand Slam of Curling championships in a single season. Can he cap a magical season with another title?

“I think I’m riding a bit of a wave of momentum, so I’m just enjoying my curling, enjoying being in Canada again,” Mouat told Heroux. “I’m obviously looking forward to getting home a wee bit, but one more game and then we’re done.”

Bronze Medal Game: Australia vs. Estonia

Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill, silver medallists last year, aim to reach the podium once again, while Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt look to earn Australia’s first medal ever in a world curling championship.

Australia came out on top 7-4 when they squared off on Tuesday in round-robin play. A strong start propelled Gill and Hewitt as they scored a deuce in the first and stole one in the second for an early 3-0 hold. Estonia was forced to a single in the third, and Australia added another deuce in the fourth to lead 5-1. Both teams used their power plays in the following ends, resulting in deuces for both sides, and Estonia could only manage another single in the seventh.

The two teams have faced each other eight times previously, according to CurlingZone, and their head-to-head record is deadlocked 4-4. Gill and Hewitt hold the advantage this season with a 3-1 record through their four meetings.

While Australia earned a bye to the semifinals, Estonia eliminated Canada’s Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant 7-5 in the qualification round.

Down 2-1, Estonia pulled ahead with a key three-ender in the fourth end. Canada responded with a deuce in five to tie it, however, Estonia called its power play in six and took two points right back to go up 6-4. Peterman and Gallant countered with their power play in the seventh, however, call it a “short-handed goal” as Estonia ended up stealing a point and making it a three-point advantage. Canada could count only a single in eight.

Peterman and Gallant finished sixth overall after falling 8-4 to Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin of the United States in the ranking game.