{"id":21272,"date":"2026-02-21T04:43:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21272"},"modified":"2026-02-21T04:43:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T04:43:37","slug":"top-ranked-canada-u-s-fall-in-womens-olympic-curling-semis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=21272","title":{"rendered":"Top-ranked Canada, U.S. fall in women&#8217;s Olympic curling semis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\"><span class=\"timestamp \">Feb 20, 2026, 11:04 AM ET<\/span><\/div>\n<p>CORTINA D&#8217;AMPEZZO, Italy &#8212; The top-ranked Canadian women couldn&#8217;t overcome &#8220;straighter&#8221; ice and a sharp Sweden squad, and now the country&#8217;s controversial men&#8217;s team will have the curling power&#8217;s last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games.<\/p>\n<p>With Canada already shut out of the mixed team event medals, Rachel Homan&#8217;s team was upset by Anna Hasselborg&#8217;s Sweden in the semifinals Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re heartbroken right now,&#8221; Canada coach Heather Nedohin said.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden, ranked No. 12, will face Switzerland for gold on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden, which has won the women&#8217;s competition three times since curling returned to the Olympic program in 1998, beat Canada 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Homan had beaten Hasselborg in all three of their previous meetings this season.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a name=\"&amp;lpos=story:editorspicks:inline:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nhl\/story\/_\/id\/47985447\/2026-milan-cortina-winter-olympics-live-updates-men-hockey-canada-finland-usa-slovakia\" class=\"img-link\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;I woke up this morning and just told the girls, &#8216;I really believe we&#8217;re winning today,'&#8221; Hasselborg said, with one of her children in her arms and another playing at her feet.<\/p>\n<p>Silvana Tirinzoni&#8217;s Switzerland beat the United States 7-4 and will be aiming for their first women&#8217;s gold at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss took silver behind Canada at the last two world championships after four straight golds in the biggest curling competition outside of the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Canada will play the U.S. for bronze on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously disappointed, but our work is not done here,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to come out fighting tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Canadians said they struggled with &#8220;straighter&#8221; ice that &#8220;made some shots quite a bit tougher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Sweden played a great game and kudos to them,&#8221; Homan said.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. vice skip Cory Thiesse, who already won silver in the team event with Korey Dropkin, said she was a little surprised to be facing Canada for bronze.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re the No. 1 ranked team in the world. But it&#8217;s the Olympics and that pressure is hard sometimes and you just never know,&#8221; Thiesse said. &#8220;Our motto this week has just been to keep games close and you never know what is going to happen out there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the men&#8217;s competition, Switzerland routed Norway 9-1 for the bronze medal. Canada faces Britain for gold on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian men were the subject of a controversy that got attention far beyond the ice when several players were accused of double-touching the rock, a rules violation.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/olympics\/story\/_\/id\/47986807\/top-ranked-canada-us-fall-women-olympic-curling-semis\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Feb 20, 2026, 11:04 AM ET CORTINA D&#8217;AMPEZZO, Italy &#8212; The top-ranked Canadian women couldn&#8217;t overcome &#8220;straighter&#8221; ice and a sharp Sweden squad, and now the country&#8217;s controversial men&#8217;s team will have the curling power&#8217;s last chance at Olympic gold at the Milan Cortina Games. 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