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CBC
01-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian curlers suffer extra-end loss to Scotland at mixed doubles worlds, fall to 3rd in group
Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant will head into the playoffs of the world mixed doubles curling championship as the third-ranked team in Group A after losing 8-7 in an extra end to Scotland in Thursday's afternoon draw. Canada looked poised for a win and second place in the group, but Scotland's team of men's world champion Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds tied the match with three points in the eighth end and stole one in the ninth to complete the comeback. Both teams finished the round-robin at 7-2, but the head-to-head win gave Scotland the tiebreaker. Italy (9-0) beat the Netherlands 8-5. The Italians were already assured of top spot in Group A and a spot in Friday's semifinals. Peterman and Gallant, from Chestermere, Alta., will face the second-seeded team in Group B in the preliminary round of the playoffs on Friday, while Scotland will face Group B's third-ranked team. The preliminary-round winners will advance to the semifinals. Group B teams played in Thursday's final draw. Australia had clinched top spot in the group, with the other two playoff spots still to be determined. The medal games will be held Saturday. Combined results from this year's competition and the 2024 world playdowns will determine the seven countries that will join host Italy at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The two remaining spots in the 10-team field will come from the Olympic Qualifying Event in December at Kelowna, B.C.
CBC
01-05-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canadian curlers suffer extra-end loss to Sweden at mixed doubles worlds, fall to 3rd in group
Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant will head into the playoffs of the world mixed doubles curling championship as the third-ranked team in Group A after losing 8-7 in an extra end to Scotland in Thursday's afternoon draw. Canada looked poised for a win and second place in the group, but Scotland's team of men's world champion Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds tied the match with three points in the eighth end and stole one in the ninth to complete the comeback. Both teams finished the round-robin at 7-2, but the head-to-head win gave Scotland the tiebreaker. Italy (9-0) beat the Netherlands 8-5. The Italians were already assured of top spot in Group A and a spot in Friday's semifinals. Peterman and Gallant, from Chestermere, Alta., will face the second-seeded team in Group B in the preliminary round of the playoffs on Friday, while Scotland will face Group B's third-ranked team. The preliminary-round winners will advance to the semifinals. Group B teams played in Thursday's final draw. Australia had clinched top spot in the group, with the other two playoff spots still to be determined. The medal games will be held Saturday. Combined results from this year's competition and the 2024 world playdowns will determine the seven countries that will join host Italy at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The two remaining spots in the 10-team field will come from the Olympic Qualifying Event in December at Kelowna, B.C. Reigning Canadian mixed doubles champions Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott were fifth at last year's worlds in Oestersund, Sweden.
Winnipeg Free Press
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Winnipeg Free Press
Scotland edges Canada in extra end in curling mixed doubles round-robin finale
FREDERICTON – Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant will head into the playoffs of the world mixed doubles curling championship as the third-ranked team in Group A after losing 8-7 in an extra end to Scotland in Thursday's afternoon draw. Canada looked poised for a win and second place in the group, but Scotland's team of men's world champion Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds tied the match with three points in the eighth end and stole one in the ninth to complete the comeback. Both teams finished the round-robin at 7-2, but the head-to-head win gave Scotland the tiebreaker. Italy (9-0) beat the Netherlands 8-5. The Italians were already assured of top spot in Group A and a spot in Friday's semifinals. Peterman and Gallant, from Chestermere, Alta., will face the second-seeded team in Group B in the preliminary round of the playoffs on Friday, while Scotland will face Group B's third-ranked team. The preliminary-round winners will advance to the semifinals. Group B teams played in Thursday's final draw. Australia had clinched top spot in the group, with the other two playoff spots still to be determined. The medal games will be held Saturday. Combined results from this year's competition and the 2024 world playdowns will determine the seven countries that will join host Italy at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The two remaining spots in the 10-team field will come from the Olympic Qualifying Event in December at Kelowna, B.C. Thursdays Keep up to date on sports with Mike McIntyre's weekly newsletter. Reigning Canadian mixed doubles champions Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott were fifth at last year's worlds in Oestersund, Sweden. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 1, 2025.
Fox Sports
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox Sports
US ice dancers Alex and Maia Shibutani come out of retirement with an eye on 2026 Olympics
Associated Press The Shib Sibs are making a comeback with an eye on more Olympic figure skating medals. The popular brother-sister ice dance team of Alex and Maia Shibutani announced Thursday they will return to competition this season in the hopes of making the loaded American squad for the next year's Milan-Cortina Games. The 34-year-old Alex and the 30-year-old Maia have skated together most of their lives, and for a long stretch were the dominant U.S. ice dancers. They are three-time world medalists and two-time Olympians, finishing ninth at the 2014 Sochi Games and third at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, where they also were part of the American squad that won a team bronze medal. The Shibutanis stepped away from competition after those Olympics, choosing to focus on school and other interests. They have authored four children's books and worked as choreographers and ambassadors for diversity and representation. They extended their hiatus when Maia Shibutani was diagnosed with a malignant tumor on her kidney in 2019. She underwent surgery to remove the mass, and additional treatment resulted in a long, painful recovery. 'These past seven years have challenged and inspired us in ways we never expected," Maia Shibutani said. 'I'm so happy and grateful to be healthy and in a position to make the decision to return to the sport I love in this way.' The Shibutanis continued to skate in exhibitions over the years, and they remained close to the Olympic movement, albeit in a different way. Last summer, Alex Shibutani worked as a photographer and Maia Shibutani did media work at the Paris Olympics, where U.S. figure skaters were finally awarded their team gold medals from the 2022 Beijing Games. Now, the Shibutanis hope to be on the next American squad headed to the Olympics. They will be training with longtime coach Marina Zoueva and Massimo Scali, who recently helped Alysa Liu return from her own brief retirement to win the first women's world title for a U.S. figure skater in nearly two decades. It won't be easy for the Shibutanis to make the team for the Milano-Cortina Games. Madison Chock and Evan Bates just won their third consecutive ice dance world title and will be prohibitive favorites to stand atop the Olympic podium, while Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko were fifth at worlds and Caroline Green and Michael Parsons were ninth. The U.S. has qualified the maximum three ice dance teams for the Winter Games, which means someone will be left out. 'As Olympic medalists and U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Famers, it's incredibly exciting to have Maia and Alex return to competition next season,' said Justin Dillon, the senior director of athlete high performance for U.S. Figure Skating. 'They are strong ambassadors for the sport, both on and off the ice. Their comeback adds to the excitement surrounding Team USA after a very successful year and makes the team stronger as we look toward the Olympic season.' ___ AP sports: in this topic
Yahoo
01-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Canada's Peterman, Gallant rout Finland at world mixed doubles curling championship
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant didn't expect any easy games at the world mixed doubles curling championship. But a definitive 13-2 result over Finland and 9-4 victory over China grants the married couple based out of Chestermere, Alta., qualification for the competition's playoffs. "I thought we came out pretty sharp today," Gallant told CBC Sports inside Willie O'Ree Place in Fredericton, N.B., which is hosting the tournament this week. "We were precise. We got on to the ice pretty quickly and it helped us kind of hold an advantage right from the first end. We got a few mistakes from the Finns this morning, but I think our precise play allowed us to capitalize on a couple of their errors." Canada scored a deuce in the first end and then stole two in each of the next three ends. After Finland got on the board with a deuce in the fifth end, Canada slammed the door shut with five points in the sixth. The Canadians are now 7-1 after defeating China in Wednesday's evening draw, sitting solidly in second place in Group A. Canada broke open a close game against China with three points in the fifth end and iced the game with a steal of three in the eighth. Scotland awaits on Thursday to round out the preliminary matches, and although both teams have qualified, the winner will confirm second place in the group. The top three teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, which begin on Friday. The medal rounds are set for Saturday. The Canadians sit behind Italy's Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner, who have clinched a playoff spot. Undefeated Italy (8-0) climbed back from a 5-2 deficit to beat Canada 7-5 on Monday. The Canadians have one big advantage in a deep field, where at least half a dozen teams could compete for the title: a hometown crowd. Their family members have been on hand to watch the competition all week. It means they're able to come off the ice and hold their toddler son, Luke, who was wearing a jersey to match his parents on Wednesday morning. "We've never played in a world championship for mixed doubles in Canada so it's really nice to have our family here supporting us, obviously our son," Peterman said. "And then just to be the hometown team at a world championship is pretty cool." Reigning Canadian mixed doubles champions Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott were fifth at last year's worlds in Oestersund, Sweden. Olympic qualification on the line Combined results from this year's competition and the 2024 world playdowns will determine the seven countries that will join host Italy at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Games. The two remaining spots in the 10-team field will come from the Olympic Qualifying Event in December in Kelowna, B.C. The Canadians went into this year's world championship ranked sixth with 16 Olympic qualification points. Some of the depth at the world championship can be traced back to the addition of mixed doubles curling to the Olympic programme in 2018. Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris won gold that year, while Morris and Rachel Homan missed the playoffs in Beijing in 2022. "In Italy now, more or less everyone knows curling thanks to mixed doubles," said Italy's Constantini, who won the Olympic mixed doubles title in 2022 with her partner at worlds this week, Mosaner. "It really helps." Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner of Italy celebrate with their gold medals at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. They lead the standings at the world championship for mixed doubles curling this week in New Brunswick. () Not only does the faster game of mixed doubles help increase the profile of the sport, but it gives top athletes a second chance to earn an Olympic medal. "Especially for curling in Switzerland, I think it's really important to be good in both mixed doubles and team just to make it a little more popular and there is more money in the sport at the end of the day," Switzerland's Alina Pätz said in an interview. Peterman and Gallant have already earned the right to represent Canada in mixed doubles at the Olympics, should they earn enough points this week to qualify. Changes to the qualification process mean not only that their team has more time to prepare for the Olympics, but also that they can compete in both mixed doubles and with their four-person team, should they qualify in that discipline, too. Gallant is the second on Team Brad Jacobs, while Peterman is second on Lawes' rink. "It makes a lot of sense and then gives you a full season to prepare for that big event," Gallant said before the world championship began. Peterman and Gallant were both at the Olympics in 2022 on separate four-person teams. Their next goal is to get there together.
