Canadian curlers suffer extra-end loss to Scotland at mixed doubles worlds, fall to 3rd in group

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 01, 2025 4:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 minutes ago

Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant volition caput into the playoffs of the satellite mixed doubles curling title arsenic the third-ranked squad successful Group A aft losing 8-7 successful an other extremity to Scotland successful Thursday's day draw.

Canada looked poised for a triumph and 2nd spot successful the group, but Scotland's squad of men's satellite champion Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds tied the lucifer with 3 points successful the eighth extremity and stole 1 successful the ninth to implicit the comeback.

Both teams finished the round-robin astatine 7-2, but the head-to-head triumph gave Scotland the tiebreaker.

Italy (9-0) bushed the Netherlands 8-5. The Italians were already assured of apical spot successful Group A and a spot successful Friday's semifinals.

Group B teams played successful Thursday's last draw. Australia had clinched apical spot successful the group, with the different 2 playoff spots inactive to beryllium determined.

The medal games volition beryllium held Saturday.

Combined results from this year's contention and the 2024 satellite playdowns volition find the 7 countries that volition articulation big Italy astatine the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The 2 remaining spots successful the 10-team tract volition travel from the Olympic Qualifying Event successful December astatine Kelowna, B.C.

Reigning Canadian mixed doubles champions Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott were 5th astatine past year's worlds successful Oestersund, Sweden.