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Yahoo
23-03-2025
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Scotland skip Jackson 'excited' at Olympic prospects
Scotland skip Sophie Jackson believes her rink can be "excited" about their Winter Olympic prospects despite being knocked out in the play-off round at the World Women's Curling Championship in South Korea. Sophie Jackson's rink, ranked 19th in the world, had beaten Rachel Homan's Canadians in their opening round-robin game before the world number ones gained revenge on their way to retaining their title by beating Switzerland in Sunday's final. Finishing sixth in the round robin was enough to ensure that a Great Britain rink will be represented at next year's Olympics in Milan-Cortina and Jackson is hoping her team have done enough to be selected to defend the title. "Looking at where we are now compared to where we were this time last year is so encouraging and just shows us where we can be in another year's time," Jackson said. "We are all excited by the prospect of where we can get to." Scotland second Sophie Sinclair was included in the LGT World Women's Championship All Star team, picked annually on the basis of the player in each position who has the best playing statistics over 12 round-robin matches. "Every single one of the team had multiple stellar performances this week and it's fantastic to have Sophie sitting at the top of the stats for seconds," Jackson said. "I'm super proud of the whole team for how we approached this week and the quality performances that we were able to put together." Sinclair was quick to share the credit with Jackson, who has skipped the team while playing lead stones, third Jen Dodds and Rebecca Morrison, who plays last stones. "It's a huge achievement because, as a team, we have worked so hard on the placement of the second stones and how we have improved our tactical game, so it has just been so nice to see those shots coming off," Sinclair said. "It's been a really good week and we're now looking forward to working hard next year. It shows what potential we have as a team, which is super exciting." Homan went on to gain revenge for Canada's round-robin defeat by beating South Korea in the semi-final before securing her fourth world gold with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland. Canada had been the only side to defeat Silvana Tirinzoni's rink as the Swiss topped the round-robin, but the second seeds were unable to turn the tables and secure their skip a fifth world title despite leading 3-2 after six ends. Meanwhile, Rui Wang's China beat Eunji Gim's hosts 9-4 to take bronze.
BBC News
23-03-2025
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- BBC News
Scotland skip Jackson 'excited' at Olympic prospects
Scotland skip Sophie Jackson believes her rink can be "excited" about their Winter Olympic prospects despite being knocked out in the play-off round at the World Women's Curling Championship in South Jackson's rink, ranked 19th in the world, had beaten Rachel Homan's Canadians in their opening round-robin game before the world number ones gained revenge on their way to retaining their title by beating Switzerland in Sunday's sixth in the round robin was enough to ensure that a Great Britain rink will be represented at next year's Olympics in Milan-Cortina and Jackson is hoping her team have done enough to be selected to defend the title."Looking at where we are now compared to where we were this time last year is so encouraging and just shows us where we can be in another year's time," Jackson said."We are all excited by the prospect of where we can get to."Scotland second Sophie Sinclair was included in the LGT World Women's Championship All Star team, picked annually on the basis of the player in each position who has the best playing statistics over 12 round-robin matches."Every single one of the team had multiple stellar performances this week and it's fantastic to have Sophie sitting at the top of the stats for seconds," Jackson said."I'm super proud of the whole team for how we approached this week and the quality performances that we were able to put together."Sinclair was quick to share the credit with Jackson, who has skipped the team while playing lead stones, third Jen Dodds and Rebecca Morrison, who plays last stones."It's a huge achievement because, as a team, we have worked so hard on the placement of the second stones and how we have improved our tactical game, so it has just been so nice to see those shots coming off," Sinclair said."It's been a really good week and we're now looking forward to working hard next year. It shows what potential we have as a team, which is super exciting."Homan went on to gain revenge for Canada's round-robin defeat by beating South Korea in the semi-final before securing her fourth world gold with a 7-3 victory over had been the only side to defeat Silvana Tirinzoni's rink as the Swiss topped the round-robin, but the second seeds were unable to turn the tables and secure their skip a fifth world title despite leading 3-2 after six Rui Wang's China beat Eunji Gim's hosts 9-4 to take bronze.
NBC Sports
23-03-2025
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- NBC Sports
Rachel Homan ties Canada curling legend Sandra Schmirler with repeat world title, third overall
Rachel Homan matched Canadian curling legend Sandra Schmirler with both a repeat world title and a third overall and will look to end Canada's Olympic medal drought next year. Homan, 35, skipped Canada to a 7-3 victory over Switzerland in the World Women's Curling Championship final in South Korea on Sunday. Homan, along with Sarah Wilkes, Emma Miskew and Tracy Fleury, won the final over a Swiss team skipped by Silvana Tirinzoni for a second consecutive year. Schmirler was the last Canadian woman to skip repeat world champion teams in 1993 and 1994 and the last to win three world titles as a skip. Either Canada or Switzerland has won the last 11 world titles — with Tirinzoni skipping the Swiss to four in a row from 2019-23. But Canada, the most successful nation in world championship history, was shut out of the Olympic women's team medals in 2018 (Homan's team was sixth) and 2022 (Jennifer Jones' team was fifth). Before that, Canada won a medal in each of the first five Olympic women's curling tournaments, starting with Schmirler's title at the 1998 Nagano Games. Homan, whose team went into worlds ranked No. 1 in the world, can put Canada back on the Olympic podium. But first the Ottawa native must make the team via Canada's Olympic Trials next November. Earlier at worlds, the U.S. team skipped by Tabitha Peterson went 3-9 in round-robin to finish 12th out of 13 teams. The Americans missed their first chance to qualify for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games via world championship results. The last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament is in December in Canada, where the final two spots in the 10-team Olympic field will be filled. Before that are the U.S. Olympic Trials in November. Nick Zaccardi,
Yahoo
22-03-2025
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Scotland knocked out of curling worlds by holders Canada
Scotland have been knocked out of the World Women's Curling Championship after losing 10-4 to reigning champions Canada at the play-off stage in South Korea. Sophie Jackson's rink, ranked 19th in the world, had beaten the world number ones in their opening round-robin game - one of only two matches Canada lost on their way to finishing third in the table. But two-time champion Rachel Homan's rink established early control in the play-off after scoring four at the second end. Another three at the fourth set them up for a victory with two ends to spare. The Scots had finished sixth in the round robin with seven victories and five defeats, their finish at least ensuring that a Great Britain rink will be represented at next year's Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. However, it is Canada who progress to Saturday's semi-final against hosts South Korea. Gim Eun-ji's 10th-ranked rink qualified directly for the last four after finishing second in the round robin with the same lost 10, won two record as Canada but having beaten the holders 11-7 earlier in the week. There was an upset in the other play-off as two-time silver medallist Anna Hasselborg's third-ranked Swedes, who finished fourth in the round robin, were beaten 8-7 by China. Wang Rui's rink, ranked 17th in the world, progress to face Silvana Tirinzoni's four-time champions from Switzerland, the second seeds who topped the round-robin and whose only defeat came against Canada.
BBC News
22-03-2025
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- BBC News
Scotland knocked out curling worlds by holders Canada
Scotland have been knocked out of the World Women's Curling Championship after losing 10-4 to reigning champions Canada at the play-off stage in South Jackson's rink, ranked 19th in the world, had beaten the world number ones in their opening round-robin game - one of only two matches Canada lost on their way to finishing third in the two-time champion Rachel Homan's rink established early control in the play-off after scoring four at the second three at the fourth set them up for a victory with two ends to Scots had finished sixth in the round robin with seven victories and five defeats, their finish at least ensuring that a Great Britain rink will be represented at next year's Winter Olympics in it is Canada who progress to Saturday's semi-final against hosts South Korea. Gim Eun-ji's 10th-ranked rink qualified directly for the last four after finishing second in the round robin with the same lost 10, won two record as Canada but having beaten the holders 11-7 earlier in the was an upset in the other play-off as two-time silver medallist Anna Hasselborg's third-ranked Swedes, who finished fourth in the round robin, were beaten 8-7 by Rui's rink, ranked 17th in the world, progress to face Silvana Tirinzoni's four-time champions from Switzerland, the second seeds who topped the round-robin and whose only defeat came against Canada.
