{"id":66493,"date":"2026-02-21T01:50:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/top-ranked-canadian-women-upset-by-sweden-in-curling-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T01:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T01:50:05","slug":"top-ranked-canadian-women-upset-by-sweden-in-curling-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/top-ranked-canadian-women-upset-by-sweden-in-curling-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-ranked Canadian women upset by Sweden in curling semifinals"},"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>The top-ranked Canadian women couldn&#8217;t overcome &#8220;straighter&#8221; ice and a sharp Sweden squad, and now the country&#8217;s controversial men&#8217;s team will have the curling power&#8217;s last chance at Olympic gold at <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the Milan Cortina Games<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>With Canada already shut out of the mixed team event medals, Rachel Homan&#8217;s team was upset by Anna Hasselborg&#8217;s Sweden in the semifinals Friday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re heartbroken right now,&#8221; Canada coach Heather Nedohin said.<\/p>\n<p>Sweden, ranked No. 12, will face Switzerland for gold on Sunday.<\/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:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/1835aac7-c1fb-466f-840d-43f87ee5c05d\/thumbnail\/620x414\/d02c0089c00e8639901d97dfc2f11082\/gettyimages-2262119028.jpg#\" alt=\"curling \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/1835aac7-c1fb-466f-840d-43f87ee5c05d\/thumbnail\/620x414\/d02c0089c00e8639901d97dfc2f11082\/gettyimages-2262119028.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/1835aac7-c1fb-466f-840d-43f87ee5c05d\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/1601bed36f344f121cbde663b6d4be5b\/gettyimages-2262119028.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Sweden&#8217;s Anna Hasselborg, Sara McManus, Agnes Knochenhauer and Sofia Scharback celebrate after winning the curling women&#8217;s semifinal against Canada in the Winter Olympics at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo, on Feb. 20, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Antonin THUILLIER \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sweden, which has won the women&#8217;s competition three times since curling returned to the Olympic program in 1998, beat Canada 6-3.<\/p>\n<p>Homan had beaten Hasselborg in all three of their previous meetings this season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I woke up this morning and just told the girls, &#8216;I really believe we&#8217;re winning today,'&#8221; Hasselborg said, with one of her children in her arms and another playing at her feet.<\/p>\n<p>Silvana Tirinzoni&#8217;s Switzerland beat the United States 7-4 and will be aiming for their first women&#8217;s gold at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The Swiss took silver behind Canada at the last two world championships after four straight golds in the biggest curling competition outside of the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Canada will <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/olympics-us-womens-curling-team-beats-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">play the U.S. for bronze<\/a><\/span> on Saturday. The U.S. women defeated Canada last week for the first time ever last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously disappointed, but our work is not done here,&#8221; Homan said. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to come out fighting tomorrow.&#8221;<\/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\/20\/5791db7e-4dc6-40f4-8f3a-df61d79bea8a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/f59fe93968f4bbe811ff64f40888d65c\/gettyimages-2262105652.jpg#\" alt=\"curling \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/5791db7e-4dc6-40f4-8f3a-df61d79bea8a\/thumbnail\/620x414\/f59fe93968f4bbe811ff64f40888d65c\/gettyimages-2262105652.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/02\/20\/5791db7e-4dc6-40f4-8f3a-df61d79bea8a\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/8dda3d6589783f75a0d5776c3ace15f9\/gettyimages-2262105652.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Swedish and Canadian players compete in the curling women&#8217;s semifinal at the Winter Olympics in Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 20, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Stefano RELLANDINI \/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Canadians said they struggled with &#8220;straighter&#8221; ice that &#8220;made some shots quite a bit tougher.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But Sweden played a great game and kudos to them,&#8221; Homan said.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. vice skip Cory Thiesse, who already won silver in the team event with Korey Dropkin, said she was a little surprised to be facing Canada for bronze.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re the No. 1 ranked team in the world. 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Canada faces Britain for gold on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian men were the subject of a controversy that got attention far beyond the ice when several players were accused of double-touching the rock, a rules violation.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Wednesday, Team USA curler Korey Dropkin \u2014 who helped the U.S. last week win silver in mixed doubles curling \u2014\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/winter-olympics-curling-canada-double-touching-us-korey-dropkin-reaction\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">told CBS News<\/a><\/span> the controversy was &#8220;bigger than it needs to be.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Throughout the last few seasons, truly there&#8217;s been a lot of athletes that have done this, and it hasn&#8217;t really been brought up,&#8221; Dropkin said. &#8220;There&#8217;s plenty of Olympians that have done the double-touch of flick of the granites.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<\/section>\n<p>  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