U.S. hands Canada first loss of Olympic mixed doubles curling competition

Canada’s probability of going undefeated in mixed doubles curling has come to an finish at Milano Cortina 2026..

The husband-and-wife duo of Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant dropped their first match of the competition in opposition to the US, 7-5, on Friday. The loss drops Canada’s file to 3-1.

Via the first six ends, not a lot separated the 2 rivals with the sport tied 4-4.

However USA’s Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin (3-0) modified that within the seventh finish whereas utilizing their energy play.

Peterman was going through 4 U.S. stones whereas with out hammer, and with no straightforward triple to restrict the Individuals from scoring an enormous finish, she elected to try to freeze onto one of the rocks.

For seemingly the first time all week, Peterman was only a tad off, coming down heavy and bumping the U.S. stone, leaving a straightforward hit for Thiesse to attain three to take a 7-4 lead.

The robust U.S. crowd, together with Snoop Dogg, erupted, figuring out how massive of an finish it was. 

With no alternative for Canada to attain three within the eighth finish on Peterman’s closing shot, they shook in defeat.

Peterman and Gallant could have the remaining of the day without work for the opening ceremony however might be again on the ice to play twice on Saturday. Canada meets Nice Britain at 4:05 a.m. ET / 1:05 a.m. PT earlier than going through Estonia at 1:05 p.m. ET / 10:05 a.m. PT.

Elsewhere in Draw 5, Italy beat Switzerland 12-4 and Nice Britain beat Sweden 7-4.

The highest 4 groups after 9 round-robin video games advance to the playoffs beginning Monday.

On the 2022 Olympics, Canada’s pair of Rachel Homan and John Morris missed out on playoffs with a 5-4 file.