CORTINA D’AMPEZZO – Canada’s mixed doubles curling team closed out a disappointing performance at the Winter Olympics with an 8-4 victory over Switzerland on Monday morning.
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant finished out of the playoff picture with a 4-5 record.
The husband-and-wife duo from Chestermere, Alta., opened the competition with three victories before dropping five games in a row. Canada’s fate was sealed after a loss to South Korea on Sunday night.
In the round-robin finale, Canada scored three points in the seventh end and ran Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller and Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann out of rocks in the eighth.
“It was just a good feeling because we were pretty deflated after yesterday,” Gallant said. “It was a tough day and I didn’t get the best sleep last night just thinking about all that.
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“So to come out this morning and have some energy and play really well, I’m just proud of that.”
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Canada caught a break when Schwaller-Huerlimann had a hog-line violation with her final throw in the fifth end. Switzerland could have scored multiple points on its power play but instead gave up a steal.
Gallant and Peterman raised their shooting percentage to 90 per cent. Gallant was perfect with his eight hits and led all players at 97 per cent overall.
“The last thing you want to do is lose your last game of an event because that’s usually the one that you remember the most,” said Canada coach Scott Pfeifer. “So I’m just super proud of Brett and Jocelyn and the way they always handled everything professionally and never gave up.”
Switzerland will also miss the playoffs at 4-5. Great Britain’s Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds finished on top of the table at 8-1.
Italy’s Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini posted a 7-6 win over Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse of the U.S. Both teams finished at 6-3 and will square off again in the semifinals on Monday night.
In other early results, Norway’s Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten beat South Korea’s Seonyeong Kim and Yeongseok Jeong 8-5 and Czechia’s Julie Zelingrova and Vit Chabicovsky topped Estonia’s Marie Kaldvee and Harri Lill 8-4.
Great Britain will play fourth-ranked Rasmus Wrana and Isabella Wrana of Sweden in the other semifinal. Medal games will be played on Tuesday.
Gallant is doing double duty in Cortina. He’ll shift focus to the four-player game as he reunites with the Calgary-based men’s team skipped by Brad Jacobs.
The Ottawa-based rink skipped by Rachel Homan will wear the Maple Leaf in the women’s team event.
Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris won gold when mixed doubles made its Olympic debut at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in South Korea. Homan and Morris missed the playoffs at the 2022 Games in Beijing.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 9, 2026.
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