Canada’s Homan wins women’s world curling gold with undefeated run in Beijing
BEIJING — Canada’s Rachel Homan knew there would be pressure heading into the final of the 2017 world women’s curling championship.
Not only was Homan trying to erase past personal disappointments in her third appearance at the championship, but her Ottawa rink was being counted on to erase Canada’s lengthy title drought. The fact that Homan advanced to the final without dropping a match only heightened expectations.
Homan and her teammates — vice-skip Emma Miskew, second Joanne Courtney and lead Lisa Weagle — responded with a textbook 8-3 win over Russia’s Anna Sidorova in Sunday’s final, giving Canada its first women’s world championship in nine years and adding more steam to Homan’s momentum heading into this year’s Olympic trials.
Scotland’s Eve Muirhead captured the bronze medal, beating Sweden 6-4 earlier Sunday.