{"id":474043,"date":"2026-02-14T07:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474043\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T07:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T07:42:08","slug":"in-a-first-us-women-beat-powerhouse-canada-in-curling-at-winter-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/474043\/","title":{"rendered":"In a first, US women beat powerhouse Canada in curling at Winter Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORTINA D\u2019AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) \u2014 The U.S. women\u2019s curling<\/a> team was surprised to learn that their defeat of Canada<\/a> on Friday marked an Olympic first. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf that\u2019s true,\u201d caveated Minneapolis<\/a> native Taylor Anderson-Heide said after the 9-8 nailbiter, \u201cI think we just played a really good game. They\u2019re No. 1 in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tara Peterson of Shoreview, Minnesota, chimed in: \u201cIt just always feels really good to beat (Canada skip) Rachel Homan. So any team to beat them, that\u2019s pretty impressive.\u201d <\/p>\n

Until Friday, the American women had never beaten Canada — a perennial favorite that has medaled in every Winter Games since curling was added to the Olympics<\/a> in 1998. The U.S. men beat the Canadians for the first time in the 2018 round-robin and again in the semifinals<\/a> en route to their gold medal victory<\/a> in Pyeongchang.<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s Team Homan has for years been considered the best in the world. <\/p>\n

In Friday\u2019s match, the U.S. managed to capitalize on a few weak shots by Canada. After the win, the Americans walked together down the ice and back to their coaches, raising fists in triumph. <\/p>\n

Peterson, like Anderson-Heide, couldn\u2019t help but add a qualifier to her response to questions from The Associated Press: \u201cApparently, we\u2019ve never beat them in the Olympics before. That makes it just extra special.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s American women\u2019s curling team \u2014 like their Gen-Z men\u2019s counterparts \u2014 meld approachability<\/a> with ambition<\/a>. Alongside Anderson-Heide and Peterson, the team includes skip Tabitha Peterson, who\u2019s Tara\u2019s older sister, as well as cool-as-a-cucumber Cory Thiesse, who has already won a silver medal in the mixed doubles event. Aileen Geving, from Minnesota, is an alternate. <\/p>\n

Three of them have jobs other than curling, and three are mothers to young children. Tara is a dentist, Tabitha a pharmacist and Thiesse a lab technician. <\/p>\n

Tara gave birth to her son, Eddie, in September 2024 and a few months later, Tabitha had a daughter, Noelle. Geving had daughter Sienna following the 2018 Games.<\/p>\n

They have several matches left in the round-robin before the semifinals next Friday. The are 2-1 after Friday\u2019s match, with a win against Korea and loss to Sweden alongside the milestone.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

This story has been corrected to show the U.S. men beat Canada in 2018 semifinal, not final, in 4th paragraph.<\/p>\n

\u2014<\/p>\n

AP Olympics: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORTINA D\u2019AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) \u2014 The U.S. women\u2019s curling team was surprised to learn that their defeat of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[167256,13541,192659,49,48,192661,192657,109039,2841,2598,8931,16061,109045,176726,82,192373,192660,192658,883],"class_list":{"0":"post-474043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-2026-milan-cortina-olympic-games","9":"tag-2026-winter-olympics","10":"tag-aileen-geving","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-canada","13":"tag-canada-olympic-team","14":"tag-cory-thiesse","15":"tag-curling","16":"tag-general-news","17":"tag-minnesota","18":"tag-mn-state-wire","19":"tag-olympic-games","20":"tag-rachel-homan","21":"tag-send-to-apple-news","22":"tag-sports","23":"tag-tabitha-peterson","24":"tag-tara-peterson","25":"tag-taylor-anderson-heide","26":"tag-world-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}