{"id":10920,"date":"2026-02-12T17:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/10920\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:50:16","slug":"top-ranked-canada-begins-bid-for-womens-curling-gold-with-win-over-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/10920\/","title":{"rendered":"Top-ranked Canada begins bid for women\u2019s curling gold with win over Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s Sarah Wilkes, Rachel Homan and Emma Miskew compete against Denmark in a round-robin match on Thursday.Al Bello\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Rachel Homan\u2019s Canadian team started its bid for Olympic gold with a confident-looking 10-4 win over Denmark that needed just seven ends on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The skip Homan, lead Sarah Wilkes, second Emma Miskew and third Tracy Fleury won the first of Canada\u2019s nine round-robin games in the women\u2019s Olympic curling bonspiel, clearing off the ice in under two hours.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels great to get everyone out there for their first Olympic real game slides and throws and just really cool moment to share,\u201d said Homan after the game, wearing a delicate gold maple leaf earring and necklace set.<\/p>\n

Canada is the favourite for gold in Cortina<\/a>, and the world\u2019s top-ranked women\u2019s team. Team Canada hasn\u2019t topped the women\u2019s Olympic curling podium since Team Jennifer Jones did it at the 2014 Sochi Winter Games.<\/p>\n

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This marks Homan\u2019s third straight Olympic appearance but she has yet to reach the podium.<\/p>\n

Since the start of the 2023-24 season, Homan, Fleury, Miskew and Wilkes have been the most dominant women\u2019s team in the granite game.<\/p>\n

They won back-to-back Scotties Tournament of Hearts in 2024 and 2025 going a perfect 22-0, as well as the past two titles at the World Women\u2019s Curling Championship and seven Grand Slam titles. <\/p>\n

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Team Canada in action against Denmark.Issei Kato\/Reuters<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Homan\u2019s draw for two in the first end launched Canada out to a fast lead. <\/p>\n

But Denmark evened the score in the second and then managed a steal for one in the third to pull ahead. <\/p>\n

Canada stuck to its game plan knowing the Danes love to draw, led by skip Madeleine Dupont and her sister, lead and five-time Olympian Denise Dupont.<\/p>\n

Canada scored a single in the fourth end to knot up the game again but then made its big jump in the fifth.<\/p>\n

Team Homan was sitting five, and Denmark with the hammer was only able to count them down one, allowing Canada a massive steal of four and a 7-3 lead.<\/p>\n

The businesslike Canadians didn\u2019t celebrate much as they gathered at their bench for the mid-game break to snack on protein bites.<\/p>\n

Denmark answered with a single in the sixth end before Fleury threw a couple of beautiful shots to clear out Danish stones in the seventh, setting up a triple for Canada, and Denmark conceded.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe team played really well. Everyone had their draw weight locked in and hit lines were looking really good, so a good start,\u201d said Wilkes. \u201cIt\u2019s loud, and there\u2019s flags everywhere, and it\u2019s just a really exciting environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Canada was pleased with the win but measured. They return to the ice Friday against the U.S. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a long week,\u201d said national women\u2019s team coach Victor Kjell. \u201cWe take one rock, one end at a time, like, that\u2019s the kind of mentality that we have right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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