Canada's Homan repeats as curling world champion with win over Switzerland's Tirinzoni in rematch

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Rachel Homan's Canadian curling team has won the women's world championship with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni in Uijeongbu, South Korea.

1st Canadian team to win consecutive world titles since Schmirler’s rink in 1993, 1994

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 23, 2025 7:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 36 minutes ago

A women's curling foursome smiles while posing with gold medals around their necks.

Rachel Homan's Canadian curling team has won the women's world championship with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni in Uijeongbu, South Korea.

Homan, Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes from the Ottawa Curling Club became the first Canadian team to repeat as women's world champions since Sandra Schmirler's team did it in 1993 and 1994.

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Rachel Homan's Team Canada rink repeats as world women's champions

Rachel Homan's rink from Ottawa beat Silvana Tirinzoni's Swiss rink 7-3 in the gold medal game, to successfully defend their title at the world women's curling championship in Uijeongbu, South Korea.

Homan defeated Tirinzoni in the world championship final a second straight year after a 7-5 victory over the Swiss side in Sydney, N.S., in 2024.

Homan and Miskew claimed their third career world titles after also winning it in 2017 in Beijing.

It was the second world gold for Fleury and Wilkes.

Homan has a berth in November's Olympic trials in Halifax where her team will attempt to win the right to represent Canada at next year's Winter Olympic Games in Italy.

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