Canada's Einarson wins 7th Grand Slam of Curling title, 1st since 2024
Einarson’s rink never trailed and earned its first Grand Slam title together after beating South Korea’s Team Kang 6-3.
- On Sunday, Canadian skip Kerri Einarson captured her seventh Grand Slam of Curling title, defeating South Korea's Team Kang 6-3 in the women's final at the Co-op Invitational in Victoria.
- Einarson's rink from Gimli, Man., comprises Shannon Birchard, Karlee Burgess, and Jocelyn Peterman, marking the team's first Grand Slam title together after never trailing throughout the tournament.
- The Canadians opened with singles in the first two ends, countered with two in the fourth after Kim Kyeong-ae tied the game, and sealed victory with two points in the sixth.
- Team Kang reached the final after edging Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller 7-6 in their semifinal, with Kim stepping in as skip while Kang Bo-bae focuses on mixed doubles this season.
- The Co-op Invitational concludes Sunday night with the men's final featuring Norway's Magnus Ramsfjell against Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller, completing the Grand Slam event.
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Einarson defeats Kyeong-Ae Kim 6-3 to claim GSOC Co-Op Invitational curling event
VICTORIA — Canada's Kerri Einarson defeated Korea's Kyeong-Ae Kim 6-3 on Sunday to capture the women's title at the GSOC Co-Op Invitational curling event. Einarson's team from Gimli, Man.
Canada's Einarson wins 7th Grand Slam of Curling title, 1st since 2024
Kerri Einarson won her seventh Grand Slam of Curling title and first in two years, beating South Korea's Team Kang 6-3 in the women's final at the season-opening Co-op Invitational in Victoria on Sunday.
Takeaways: What we learned at Grand Slam season opener
The first Grand Slam of Curling event of the season has come and gone. Canada’s new-look Kerri Einarson squad and Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller were the first teams to be crowned champions in the new quadrennial at the Co-op Invitational in Victoria. However, there is a lot more to the story than just the winners. We saw the GSOC debuts for many new rinks, how teams managed playing with one less minute of thinking time from last year and a new…
New-look Team Einarson wins GSOC Co-op Invitational title
Kerri Einarson is a Grand Slam champion once again. Einarson’s new-look rink defeated Korea’s Team Kang 6-3 to win the Co-op Invitational, the first of five stops on the Grand Slam of Curling circuit this season. It’s the seventh GSOC title for the Manitoba skip and the fifth for her third Shannon Birchard. For Karlee […]
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