U.S. fingers Canada first lack of Olympic combined doubles curling competitors – Imperial Wire

Canada’s likelihood of going undefeated in combined 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 competitors towards the USA, 7-5, on Friday. The loss drops Canada’s report to 3-1

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

However USA’s Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin (3-1) modified that within the seventh finish whereas utilizing their energy play.

Peterman was dealing with 4 U.S. stones whereas with out hammer, and with no simple triple to restrict the People from scoring a giant finish, she elected to try to freeze onto one of many rocks.

For seemingly the primary time all week, Peterman was only a tad off, coming down heavy and bumping the U.S. stone, leaving a simple 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 huge 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 can have the remainder of the time without work for the opening ceremony however shall 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 dealing with 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 report.