US EditionCurling-US beat Italy set up mixed doubles gold medal clash with Sweden
- At Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse sent Team United States to the Olympic mixed doubles final with a 9-8 semifinal win over Italy during Milano Cortina 2026.
- Rallying late, Dropkin and Thiesse won the semifinal on the final shot, eliminating Italy, the reigning 2022 champions.
- The Americans will face Sweden's Isabella and Rasmus Wrana, who upset the favored British duo Jennifer Dodds and Brett Mouat 9-3.
- The semifinal win guarantees Team USA at least a silver medal in mixed doubles curling, marking the farthest the U.S. mixed doubles program has advanced and making Cory Thiesse the first American woman to medal.
- Team USA meets Sweden in the gold-medal game at 12:05 p.m. ET on Tuesday, while Italy faces Great Britain in the bronze-medal game at 8:05 a.m. ET; Sweden won bronze in mixed doubles in 2022.
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Cory and Korey have become one of the highlights of Team USA early in the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin secured U.S. Olympic history Monday with a stunning upset of hosts Italy in the curling mixed doubles semifinals. Italy entered as the reigning gold medalists, but will now have to compete for bronze. Thiesse and Dropkin claimed gold together in the 2023 World Championships and can add to their collection with anothe…
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