UIJEONGBU, South Korea — Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni is undefeated no longer after meeting Canada’s Rachel Homan.
Homan handed Tirinzoni her first loss of the round-robin with a 7-6 extra-end victory at the LGT women’s world curling championship on Thursday.
The Ottawa-based team, which also includes Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes, scored a point with the hammer in the 11th end to improve to 7-2 at Uijeongbu Arena.
“It took us 11 ends to beat them, and I’m just really proud of my team for sticking together and trying to make the next one,” Homan said in a press release.
Canada is tied with Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and South Korea’s Eunji Gim, while Tirinzoni leads the standings at 8-1.
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