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Australia’s mixed doubles curling team has made history – again – by capturing the nation’s first ever world championship gold medal.
Australia’s Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt defeated Sweden 8-4 to capture the 2026 world mixed doubles championship title at the Centre Sportif Sous-Moulin in Geneva, Switzerland.
In the bronze medal game, Canada’s Kadriana and Colton Lott demolished Italy’s Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner 11-3 in just six ends.
James Roberts-World CurlingCanada opened with a score of four and added a three in the third end for a 7-1 lead.
The bronze marks Canada’s first mixed doubles medal since Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant captured silver in 2019.
Australia’s first big move the final came with Tahli Gill’s chip takeout to score three in the third end, good for a 4-1 lead.
With the score 5-3 for Australia in the sixth, the Aussies held the Swedes to a single point despite a Swedish power play.
Gill/Hewitt then applied their own power play and scored another three points, for an 8-4 lead.
Gill and Hewitt have set a new standard for the Roaring Game in Australia, starting with qualifying their country for its Olympic debut at Beijing 2022.
Their time in Beijing was, in itself, a wild affair.
Today’s gold surpasses yet another milestone, last year’s world championship bronze medal, which was the first-ever for Australia in the three Olympic curling disciplines.
SIDE DOOR: Third end chip (red onto yellow) • The Curling ChannelThe victory in Geneva also eases the squad’s disappointment at losing two last-chance qualifying games for last February’s Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy.
For Therese Westman and Robin Ahlberg, the silver medal is a huge improvement on the pair’s 4-5 pool record three years ago at the same venue.
It’s the fifth MD silver for Sweden in the championship’s history, and the ninth medal Swedish pairs have won overall.
Australia finished the championship with a 10-1 won/loss record compared to Sweden’s 7-3.
The Canadians were pleased with their bronze effort.
Semifinal CAN-SWE action • James Roberts-World Curling “We wanted to stand on the podium this week,” Kadriana Lott told World Curling. “It’s just two steps further, but it’s still a medal and I’m pretty pumped to have my first world medal.
“I’m super proud of how we played this week, and we had a great game there to finish off the season.”
France and Finland lost relegation games on Friday and will drop to the WMD B-Division next season.