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Rachel HomanThe Canadian women’s curling team entered the Milan-Cortina Olympics as the absolute favorites and the No. 1 ranked team in the world.
They proved why on Saturday.
In the bronze medal match for the 2026 Olympics, Team Canada broke through a back-and-forth match midway through the second half to defeat Team USA 10-7.
Homan said after his win, “There’s no better feeling than stepping on the ice and bowing down to everyone to win a medal for your country.” “We didn’t take it lightly.”
The bronze medal was Homan’s first Olympic medal, and he is one of the most decorated curlers of all time, having won three world championships and 20 Grand Slams. Her team improved to 193-27 over the past three years and brought Canada its first Olympic women’s curling medal since 2014.
Canada lost to Sweden in the semifinals on Friday and was playing in the bronze game.
“Of course, it’s tough to lose and not be able to get back to the gold medal final, but we didn’t let that affect us today,” she added. “Of course there are emotions, but we put them aside. We came here wanting to fight hard for a medal, and that’s what we did today and I’m incredibly proud of that.”
Neither team scored more than one run until Canada scored three runs in the sixth inning. He also got a 3-point end and scored two points in the 10th inning to secure the victory.
The Americans competed in the bronze medal game for the first time since 2002, but lost to Canada in that match as well. tabatha petersonsan’s The team finished Cortina in fourth place, matching the U.S. women’s curling team’s highest Olympic finish.
“I’m really proud. The road to get here hasn’t been easy, so that in itself is a feat,” Peterson said. “To be able to qualify for the Olympics and make it to the playoffs for the first time, I’m really, really proud of the hard work we put in last year to get this far. Unfortunately, it wasn’t supposed to be today.”
Let’s take a look at how the game was played end to end…