Canada is making an early statement at the Olympic mixed doubles curling competition.
Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant improved to 2-0 with a 6-3 win over Norway’s Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten on Thursday at Milano Cortina 2026.
Norway is considered one of the top teams at the 10-team event, but has now started the tournament 0-3. Skaslien and Nedregotten won silver at the 2022 Olympics and bronze at the 2018 Winter Games.
Canada never trailed against Norway, stealing one in the first end before going up 3-1 in the third on a great raise takeout by Peterman.
Canada added another steal of one in the fourth before holding Norway to one on the fifth on a Norwegian power play.
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Keep up with Olympic mixed doubles curling
The Milano Cortina 2026 mixed doubles curling event runs Feb. 4-10. Follow along with the scores, standings and schedule on Sportsnet.ca
The Canadians have another tough game later Thursday (1:05 p.m. ET / 10:05 a.m. PT, CBC Gem, Sportsnet+) against Italy’s Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner.
Constantini and Mosaner are the reigning Olympic and world champions.
The husband-and-wife team of Peterman and Gallant has made three world championship appearances, highlighted by a silver in 2019.
The top four teams after the round-robin at the Olympics qualify for the semifinals.
