Canada’s Homan Falls To American Peterson At Games - Beritaja

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO – Canada’s Rachel Homan dropped a 9-8 determination to American Tabitha Peterson successful women’s curling round-robin play Friday astatine the Winter Olympics.

Down 1 pinch hammer successful the 10th end, Peterson made an unfastened tie for a deuce and the victory.

Homan was wide pinch a double-takeout effort connected her last throw. Canada fell to 1-1 pinch the nonaccomplishment while the Americans improved to 2-1.

Homan’s Ottawa-based squad of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes scored a deuce successful the 2nd extremity and forced Peterson to make a tie against 4 successful the third.

The Americans pressured the Canadians complete the adjacent fewer ends. Homan’s triple-takeout effort successful the 4th removed 2 of the 3 stones to springiness the U.S. a steal.

Facing 3 counters, Homan was forced to make a chemoreceptor deed successful the 5th extremity for a single.

Canada gave up a uncommon four-point extremity successful the sixth. Homan tried a double-takeout but removed only 1 chromatic and her shooter rolled out, allowing Peterson to tie for her first lead of the game.

The Americans rolled unfastened connected a tie effort to springiness Homan a chemoreceptor deed for 2 successful the seventh end.

Peterson played the analytics successful the eighth end. Instead of a blank, she made a deed for a azygous to springiness up hammer pinch a two-point lead. Canada scored 3 successful the ninth extremity for an 8-7 lead.

This is Homan’s 3rd consecutive quality astatine the Winter Games. She missed the playoffs successful 2018 successful women’s squad play and missed the trim successful 2022 successful mixed doubles.

Canada hasn’t won women’s squad golden astatine the Games since Jennifer Jones was victorious successful 2014.

This study by BERITAJA was first published Feb. 13, 2026.