Canada’s Homan beats South Korea to reach playoffs – National

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO – Canada’s Rachel Homan is playoff-bound at the Winter Olympics.

She guided her Ottawa-based women’s curling team to a 10-7 victory over South Korea’s Eunji Gim on Thursday.

The win secured a top-four finish for Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes.

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Canada scored four points in the sixth end and Homan made a hit for the win in the 10th to close round-robin play at 6-3.

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Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni had already qualified for the four-team playoffs entering the afternoon session.

The semifinals are set for Friday and medal games will be played on the weekend.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 19. 2026.