CORTINA D’AMPEZZO – The Canadian mixed doubles curling team won’t make the playoffs at the Winter Olympics.
Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman dropped a 9-5 decision to South Korea’s Seonyeong Kim and Yeongseok Jeong on Sunday night at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
Canada’s fifth straight loss in round-robin play ensured they won’t make the top-four cut.
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Gallant and Peterman, who fell to Sweden’s Rasmus Wrana and Isabella Wrana earlier in the day, made it a one-point game with a deuce in the sixth end. South Korea answered with a pair in the seventh and Canada missed a double-runback attempt for the tie in the eighth.
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Canada will take a 3-5 record into its round-robin finale Monday against Switzerland.
Canada’s John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes won gold at the Pyeongchang Games in 2018 when mixed doubles made its Olympic debut. Canada missed the playoffs four years later in Beijing when Morris teamed with Rachel Homan.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 8, 2026.
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