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 Milano Cortina Games.

Duluth curlers Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin made history at the 2026 Winter Olympics, edging Italy 9–8 in a thrilling mixed doubles curling semifinal. The Duluth natives became the first U.S. mixed

When U.S. mixed doubles curler Korey Dropkin accidentally kicked his stone off the center line Monday, in the middle of a decisive match against Italy in the Winter Games, the Italian duo laughed and waved it off,

After dominating the curling round-robin competition for five long days, Team GB faltered when it mattered most just as the Winter Olympics moved into the decisive knockout action.

In any other Olympic sport, a tie game with the result hanging in the balance would create tension between teams. Not in curling.

For the first time in history, Canada will be represented by a four-person curling team with all members of the rink having previous Olympic experience. Let’s look at Team Jacobs’ path to gold at Milano Cortina 2026.

In my view, a good thinking-time limit would be 18 minutes for mixed doubles and 30 minutes for team curling. In addition, three minutes should be added to whatever time is left when the game goes to an extra end, rather than losing the remaining time as is done now.

The U.S. mixed doubles curling team is headed to the semifinals for the first time in Olympic history. The team of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin punched their ticket to the next round of competition in true Olympic fashion,