Field decided for Canadian Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Trials

According to the Canadian Press on Tuesday, the field has been selected for the 2024-25 Canadian Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Trials in Liverpool, Nova Scotia from December 30, 2024 to January 4, 2025. The winner will represent Canada at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan/Cortina d’Ampezzo. 

Two of the Canadian teams have won a medal at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in the past. Laura Walker of Toronto, Ontario, and Kirk Muyres of St. Gregor, Saskatchewan won the bronze medal at the 2018 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Ostersund, Sweden, and Jocelyn Peterman of Red Deer, Alberta and Brett Gallant of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island won the silver medal at the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Championship in Stavanger, Norway.

Four of the 16 teams have won the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in the past. They are Peterman and Gallant (2016 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and 2019 in Fredericton, New Brunswick), Crocker and Muyres (2018 in Leduc, Alberta), Canadian Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Jones of Winnipeg, Manitoba and Brent Laing of Meaford, Ontario (2023 in Sudbury, Ontario), and Kadriana and Colton Lott of Selkirk, Manitoba (2024 in Fredericton). Jones won gold in women’s curling at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.

The other 12 teams contain Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario and Brendan Bottcher of Edmonton, Alberta; Lisa Weagle of Ottawa, Ontario and John Epping of Toronto; Nancy Martin of Rosetown, Saskatchewan and Steve Laycock of Yorkton, Saskatchewan; Brittany Tran of Red Deer, and Rylan Kleiter of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Jennifer Armstrong of Saint John, New Brunswick and Tyrel Griffith of Calgary, Alberta; Riley Sandham of St. Catharines, Ontario, and Brendan Craig of Guelph, Ontario; Taylor Reese-Hanson and Corey Chester of Victoria, British Columbia; Anne-Sophie Gionest of Alma, Quebec and Robert Desjardins of Montreal, Quebec; Melissa Adams of Grand Falls, New Brunswick, and Alex Robichaud of Fredericton; Jaelyn Cotter and Jim Cotter of Kamloops, British Columbia; Jessica Zheng and Victor Pietrangelo of Niagara Falls, Ontario; and Paige Papley and Evan Van Amsterdam of Edmonton. Unlike previous Olympic Winter Games, curlers can represent curling in mixed doubles and four person curling in Italy.