Canada's Peterman and Gallant looking for gold at World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
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It was a marathon week well handled by Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant.
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Now the sprint is on to global glory for the Calgary couple at the 2025 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
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After six days and nine mostly successful games of a hectic round-robin schedule — which featured a clinch of an Olympic berth for the national champs — it's onto the must-win weekend run of draws in Fredericton, N.B.
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'We'd sure love to win a Canadian world championship for Canada,' said Gallant, a 35-year-old native of Charlottetown, P.E.I. 'You know … we've been close before (with a silver in 2019), and gold is obviously the big goal at the end of it.
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'But our focus is just controlling what we can control — play our best, do the little things that put us in a place to have success …' continued Gallant. 'That's the key for us — just relax and have fun enjoying it together, and the results will come.'
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The results have already come for Gallant and Peterman, a 31-year-old product of Red Deer, Alta., at Willie O'Ree Place.
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The dynamic duo posted enough victories throughout the round robin to become one of six playoff teams at these worlds.
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And barring some sort of strange happening, that top-six finish at the championships should also qualify them for the mixed-doubles event at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Italy.
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'Grateful being in our Team Canada jerseys,' Peterman said. 'You never know, in our country, how many times you're going to have that opportunity, and especially for us together in mixed doubles.
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'So we're just very grateful to be able to play at this stage and represent our country and do it together.'
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The six playoff teams were finalized during Thursday's final day of the round robin and included Canada (7-1) as one of the three Group A qualifiers. Italy (8-0) and Scotland (6-2) are the others.
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The only thing that wasn't yet decided in the Group A standings heading into the wrap-up day was the order of finish among the qualifiers.
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Canada rounded out the round robin with Thursday's afternoon draw against Scotland's Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds to help decide that order, while Italy's Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner played Netherlands (1-7) to wrap up their round-robin schedule.
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Mouat and Dodds won the worlds at the 2021 event in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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The playoff picture wasn't decided in Group B action until Thursday's late draw, which saw Australia head into the evening with a first-place 7-1 mark and already qualified for the weekend. But the group's two other spots were being contested by five squads — Estonia, Japan, Norway, USA and New Zealand — with 5-3 records heading into the wrap-up draw.
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