Canada's Homan hands Switzerland 1st loss, improves to 7-2 at curling worlds

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 20, 2025 7:02 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni is undefeated nary longer aft gathering Canada's Rachel Homan.

Homan handed Tirinzoni her archetypal nonaccomplishment of the round-robin with a 7-6 extra-end triumph astatine the LGT women's satellite curling title connected Thursday successful Uijeongbu-si, South Korea.

The Ottawa-based team, which besides includes Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes, scored a constituent with the hammer successful the 11th extremity to amended to 7-2 astatine Uijeongbu Arena.

"It took america 11 ends to bushed them, and I'm conscionable truly arrogant of my squad for sticking unneurotic and trying to marque the adjacent one," Homan said successful a property release.

Canada is tied with Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and South Korea's Eunji Gim, portion Tirinzoni leads the standings astatine 8-1.

The apical six teams successful the 13-team tract volition beforehand to the play playoffs, portion the bottommost 4 vie successful a qualifying circular for a spot successful the semifinals.

The triumph virtually guaranteed Canada a spot successful the women's curling contention astatine the 2026 Olympics, according to Curling Canada.

"I consciousness beauteous arrogant that we're capable to correspond Canada and get capable points to get to an Olympic spot," Homan said. "I'm conscionable arrogant that we're capable to clinch that spot for Canada."

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China's Rui Wang was successful 5th spot astatine 5-3, up of Scotland's Sophie Jackson and Denmark's Madeleine Dupont astatine 5-4.

Canada was scheduled to play Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura (3-6) aboriginal Thursday.

Homan bushed Tirinzoni to triumph golden astatine the 2024 satellite playdowns successful Sydney, N.S.

The five-time Canadian champion took a 1-0 pb successful the 2nd connected Thursday earlier 3 alternating two-score ends made it 4-3 Tirinzoni aft five.

Tied 4-4 successful the eighth, Switzerland had an accidental to people 4 with the hammer but settled for 1 point. Switzerland had a pat for a imaginable four-ender but wasn't capable to afloat region Canada's rock.

"The turning constituent was astir apt her miss for that four," Homan said. "Honestly, I don't cognize if it was there. She squeaked the defender arsenic overmuch arsenic she could, and I thought we enactment ours successful astir a cleanable spot, similar possibly a ft higher.

"Other than that, it was precisely wherever we wanted it and made her marque a pugnacious one. I conscionable don't cognize if it was there. So I deliberation that was the turning constituent to prevention the end."

Canada responded with 2 successful the ninth earlier Switzerland forced the other extremity with 1 point, failing to find the winning people with an accidental to triumph the game.

Canada changeable 88 per cent arsenic a squad portion Switzerland was astatine 84 per cent.

Homan improved to 9-1 implicit Tirinzoni since the commencement of the 2023-24 season.

Homan divided her games connected Tuesday, losing 11-7 to big South Korea earlier beating Norway 8-6 successful the precocious draw.