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Yahoo
03-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
American curlers Thiesse and Dropkin earn spot in Milan-Cortina Olympic mixed doubles field
United States skip Korey Dropkin watches his stone during his team's match against Germany at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin throws a stone during his team's match against Canada at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin throws a stone during his team's match against Canada at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin watches his stone during his team's match against Germany at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin throws a stone during his team's match against Canada at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Americans Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin clinched a berth in the 2026 Olympic mixed doubles curling competition when they beat Canada 8-4 at the world championships in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on Saturday to earn a fifth-place finish that was enough for a spot in Milan-Cortina. It will be the first Olympics for Dropkin, who was runner-up to five-time Olympian and 2018 gold medalist John Shuster at the U.S. men's trials for each of the last two Winter Games. Thiesse was an alternate for Nina Roth's women's team in Pyeongchang in 2018. Advertisement 'It's a huge relief,' Thiesse told the CBC. 'This has been the goal, the dream, for both of us for so long and we both worked so hard for it. To be playing together and be such good friends, and just do it together is really, really exciting.' Thiesse and Dropkin won the U.S. mixed doubles trials this winter to earn the right to represent the country at the world championships in Canada. But the Americans needed to finish at least fifth in Fredericton to qualify for the Olympics. After beating Canada on Saturday, Thiesse and Dropkin had to wait out Scotland's 9-6 win over Australia in another placement match to clinch a trip to Italy. 'We felt like we were in control of our own destiny with our Olympics so let's just give it our all,' Thiesse said. 'We felt like we did that today.' The U.S. Olympic trials for the men's and women's curling teams are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in November. ___ AP sports:
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
New pro curling league scheduled to start in 2026 with hopes of prolonging the Olympic spotlight
United States skip Korey Dropkin watches his stone during his team's match against Germany at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin throws a stone during his team's match against Canada at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Scotland skip Bruce Mouat reacts after his winning stone gave his team victory over Switzerland in the gold-medal game at the world men's curling championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Scotland skip Bruce Mouat throws a stone during his team's match against Austria at the men's world curling championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Canada skip Rachel Homan, front right, and third Tracy Fleury, front left, call a shot as Scotland skip Bruce Mouat, back right, and third Grant Hardie, back center, look on during the Battle of the Sexes curling matchup in Toronto, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Scotland's Grant Hardie, left, and Bobby Lammie, right, sweep a stone during the gold-medal game against Switzerland at the world men's curling championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Canada's Marc Kennedy and Ben Herbert sweep Brett Gallant's stone towards the button as skip Brad Jacobs looks on during World Men's Curling Championship action against Italy, in Moose Jaw, Sask., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) The Olympic rings adorn the Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, which will be called Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, venue for the curling discipline at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Jan.16, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) Scotland skip Bruce Mouat, front right, lines up a stone as Switzerland's skip Benoit Schwartz-Van Berkel, back right, and Yannick Schwaller, left, look on during the gold-medal game at the world men's curling championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) USA skip Korey Dropkin guides a stone towards the house during his country's session against Norway at the World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask., Monday, March 31, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) USA skip Korey Dropkin guides a stone towards the house during his country's session against Norway at the World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask., Monday, March 31, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin watches his stone during his team's match against Germany at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) United States skip Korey Dropkin throws a stone during his team's match against Canada at the men's curling world championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Friday April 4, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Scotland skip Bruce Mouat reacts after his winning stone gave his team victory over Switzerland in the gold-medal game at the world men's curling championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Scotland skip Bruce Mouat throws a stone during his team's match against Austria at the men's world curling championship in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Canada skip Rachel Homan, front right, and third Tracy Fleury, front left, call a shot as Scotland skip Bruce Mouat, back right, and third Grant Hardie, back center, look on during the Battle of the Sexes curling matchup in Toronto, Monday, April 7, 2025. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP) Scotland's Grant Hardie, left, and Bobby Lammie, right, sweep a stone during the gold-medal game against Switzerland at the world men's curling championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Canada's Marc Kennedy and Ben Herbert sweep Brett Gallant's stone towards the button as skip Brad Jacobs looks on during World Men's Curling Championship action against Italy, in Moose Jaw, Sask., Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) The Olympic rings adorn the Stadio Olimpico del Ghiaccio, which will be called Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, venue for the curling discipline at the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Jan.16, 2025. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta) Scotland skip Bruce Mouat, front right, lines up a stone as Switzerland's skip Benoit Schwartz-Van Berkel, back right, and Yannick Schwaller, left, look on during the gold-medal game at the world men's curling championships in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) USA skip Korey Dropkin guides a stone towards the house during his country's session against Norway at the World Men's Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask., Monday, March 31, 2025. (Chris Young/The Canadian Press via AP) Curling is getting its first professional league, stocked with past and future Olympians competing in a six-week, six-team season touring internationally starting next April in the aftermath of the Milan-Cortina Olympics. The Curling Group, which owns the Grand Slam of Curling event series, announced the creation of Rock League on Thursday. The six-week circuit will include stops in Canada, the United States and Europe, where six teams of five men and five women each will play a variety of formats to be determined. Advertisement 'As an athlete, I could have only dreamed about being able to participate in a professional curling league,' said Jennifer Jones, a 2014 Olympic gold medalist who is an adviser to the league. 'Now, having the opportunity to help make that dream a reality for the next generation of curlers is a true honor – and it's what inspires us every day as we work to build this league.' There will be two teams apiece from Canada and Europe, one from the United States and one from Asia. Among the athletes signed up as captains are Olympic medalists Bruce Mouat of Scotland, Brad Jacobs of Canada and Chinami Yoshida of Japan. Korey Dropkin, a world mixed doubles champion who would represent the U.S. at the 2026 Games, will captain the American team. Canadian Rachel Homan and Alina Paetz of Switzerland, both two-time Olympians, are the other captains. John Morris, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and adviser to the league, said the captains were chosen based on leadership, ability to work with teammates and curling skill. Advertisement 'Our goal is to create a one-of-a-kind experience that brings out the very best of curling – where longtime rivals might end up as teammates, and rising stars have the chance to cement their legacy as professional athletes,' he said. ___ AP sports:
CBC
09-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Fresh off world men's curling title, Mouat wins early draw at Players' Championship
Social Sharing Top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland defeated American Korey Dropkin 5-1 on Wednesday morning at the Players' Championship in Toronto. Mouat, who won a world championship last weekend in Moose Jaw, Sask., iced the win with a deuce in the seventh end. In other games, John Epping topped Mike McEwen 7-5 in an all-Canadian battle and Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura upset Canada's Rachel Homan 8-4. Momoha Tabata beat Satsuki Fujisawa 7-5 in a matchup of Japanese teams. Three more draws were scheduled for later in the day at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Play continues through Sunday. The competition is the fifth and final stop on the Grand Slam of Curling circuit. Canada claims bronze medal with win over China at world curling championships 3 days ago Duration 2:51 Brad Jacobs and his Canadian rink crushed China 11-2 to take the bronze medal at the world curling championships in Moose Jaw, Sask.
CBC
05-04-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Jacobs defeats American Dropkin in round-robin finale at men's curling worlds
Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team rink beats Korey Dropkin of the United States 8-3 at the world men's curling championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada finishes the round robin in first place with an 11-1 record and will face Sweden or Scotland in the semifinals.
NBC Sports
23-02-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Thiesse/Dropkin win mixed doubles at U.S. Trials
Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin defeat Sarah Anderson and Andrew Stopera in Game 2 of the mixed doubles final at U.S. Olympic Curling Trials to claim the championship.
