Winter Olympics 2026: Team USA curling advances to mixed doubles gold-medal game with upset of defending champs

Chris CwikContributing writer Mon, February 9, 2026 at 7:36 PM UTC·5 min read Team USA curling already exceeded expectations at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics prior to Monday's action. After finishing the round-robin session 6-3, Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin became the first American mixed doubles team to reach the medal round since the discipline became a part of the Winter Olympics in 2018. By making it to the semifinal, Team USA was just a win away from a guaranteed medal. But getting to that match was going to be difficult. In order to play in the gold-medal game, the Americans would need to defeat Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner of Team Italy, the same duo that won the...