{"id":64625,"date":"2026-02-09T20:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-curling-guaranteed-first-mixed-doubles-olympic-medal-in-final-match-against-sweden\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:52:28","slug":"u-s-curling-guaranteed-first-mixed-doubles-olympic-medal-in-final-match-against-sweden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-curling-guaranteed-first-mixed-doubles-olympic-medal-in-final-match-against-sweden\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. curling guaranteed first mixed doubles Olympic medal in final match against Sweden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the United States its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy at the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Milano Cortina Games<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Dropkin, of Massachusetts, and Thiesse, of Minnesota, whooped and hollered after edging the hosts, hugging tightly. Thiesse made her first Winter Olympics appearance at the 2018 PyeongChang Games, placing 8th with the women&#8217;s curling team; it is Dropkin&#8217;s first Olympics Games.<\/p>\n<p>The duo gave the U.S. its <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/minnesota\/news\/pair-of-duluth-curlers-make-history-at-world-curling-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">first world title in mixed doubles curling in 2023<\/a><\/span>, a year after they teamed up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Curling runs in both of their families, and Dropkin says it&#8217;s &#8220;like religion&#8221; to him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I grew up at the curling club,&#8221; the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-winter-olympics-athletes-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">30-year-old told CBS News<\/a><\/span>. &#8220;My parents were super involved with a junior program at our curling club. My brother was five years older. He was already curling. I followed in his footsteps. I was like his shadow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thiesse is the daughter of Linda Christensen, who also competed for Team USA and is a two-time U.S. senior national champion and one-time world senior champion.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>When is Team USA curling mixed double gold medal match?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dropkin and Thiesse&#8217;s mixed doubles curling gold medal match against Sweden is slated for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\/results\/cur\/x\/team2-------------\/fnl-\/000101--\/team-lineups\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 12:05 p.m. ET.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Americans will play Swedish siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wrana, who upset the British duo of Jennifer Dodds and Brett Mouat 9-3 in the other semifinal.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/8a9cc452-1835-4ecb-9cff-83d8b9f370a4\/thumbnail\/620x413\/4057cf4e1e9b61246c2f47ac608b7f5b\/gettyimages-2260752835.jpg#\" alt=\"Curling - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 3 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/8a9cc452-1835-4ecb-9cff-83d8b9f370a4\/thumbnail\/620x413\/4057cf4e1e9b61246c2f47ac608b7f5b\/gettyimages-2260752835.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/8a9cc452-1835-4ecb-9cff-83d8b9f370a4\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/3a746008b322a204d48149cda0c8f2e6\/gettyimages-2260752835.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin of Team USA celebrate after winning the Curling Mixed Doubles semi-finals match between Team Italy and Team United States on day three of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, Feb. 9, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mattia Ozbot \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dodds and Mouat, best friends who grew up curling together, entered the field as favorites and were widely expected to be in the final.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden&#8217;s brother-and-sister team are curling together after growing up as rivals. Sweden won bronze in mixed doubles in 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>How many ends are there in curling?<\/h2>\n<p>Similar to innings in baseball, curling is played in &#8220;ends.&#8221; At each end, 16 stones are thrown in one direction and a score is determined. In the next end, the stones are thrown in the other direction.<\/p>\n<p>In a curling match, two teams compete to see which can get the most granite stones closest to a bullseye target called the tee by sliding them along a narrow sheet of ice.<\/p>\n<p>The distance between where a player must release the stone and the tee at the other end is about 93 feet (28 meters).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/34481a42-2f74-4e96-b4d3-e71e6a9823f4\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5d756315ddaa3de6e5e6584d30070ce8\/gettyimages-2260522427.jpg#\" alt=\"Curling - Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics: Day 2 \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/34481a42-2f74-4e96-b4d3-e71e6a9823f4\/thumbnail\/620x413\/5d756315ddaa3de6e5e6584d30070ce8\/gettyimages-2260522427.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/09\/34481a42-2f74-4e96-b4d3-e71e6a9823f4\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/4aa4c6ec7123c59e1b1e1aecdedcf629\/gettyimages-2260522427.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Cory Thiesse competes with Korey Dropkin during the Mixed Doubles Round Robin match between Team USA and Team Estonia on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games on Feb. 8, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Richard Heathcote \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The sheet is only 5 meters (16.4 feet) wide and both teams&#8217; stones accumulate every round, so it gets crowded.<\/p>\n<p>Each round, for up to 10 rounds, teams have eight chances to slide the specialized 44-pound (20 kg) stones toward the tee. 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