26 October 2025
Pan Continental Championship finals decided
In the women’s championship, Korea faced China in one semi-final, while United States played defending champions Canada in the other. In the game between Korea and China, China led 5-4 in the tenth end when Korea’s Gim Eunji produced an angle raise hit to score one point, level the game at 5-5 and force an extra end.
In the extra end, China skip Wang Rui drew her last stone onto the button to score the single point needed for a 6-5 victory and a place in the final.
Canada return to gold medal game
In the semi-final between Canada and United States, Canada led 3-1 in the fifth end when American skip Tabitha Peterson attempted a hit for three points. However, she overcurled and instead gave up a steal of one for a 4-1 Canada lead.
Then, in the eighth end, with Canada now ahead 5-3, skip Rachel Homan played a double take-out to score two points for a 7-3 lead. The United States conceded after this, with the scoreboard reading 7-3, sending Canada back to the final to continue their title defence.
‘Best team in the world’
After her win, China’s Wang said, “We’re very happy and excited. Today was a tough game. Team Canada is the best team in the world so we’ll need to play at the top of our game, one rock at a time.”
Canada’s Homan said, “I made a few mistakes, but the team played really good. The US almost got a few on us there. We’re going to have to do more of the same and play better tomorrow.”
Korea will face United States in the bronze medal game at 8:30, before Canada and China meet in the gold medal final at 16:30.
Men’s semi-finals set the stage in Virginia
In the men’s semi-final, defending champions China faced Canada in one semi-final, while hosts United States met Japan in the other.
Canada edge China in tight battle
In a tightly contested match between Canada and China, the score was level at 2-2 through five ends. In the sixth end, Canada skip Brad Jacobs played a precise draw to score a single point and move his team ahead 3-2.
The tension returned in the tenth end with the game tied at 4-4, when China skip Xu Xiaoming attempted a double take-out to force an extra end. He narrowly missed, giving Canada the winning point for a 5-4 victory, and Jacobs did not need to throw his final stone.
Canada skip Brad Jacobs said afterwards, “That’s the best we’ve seen [China] play. That was a really well-played game back and forth, we played great, they played great, we’re just happy to come out with the win today. Can’t wait for the final now.”
United States power past Japan
United States produced a dominant performance against Japan. The game was tied 1-1 through five ends before US skip John Shuster made a hit to score three and take a 4-1 lead. In the seventh end, with the Americans ahead 4-2, Shuster delivered another precise shot to score five points and put the game firmly out of reach at 9-2.
They went on to win 9-3 and book their place in the gold medal match. Reflecting on the result, Shuster said, “We’re playing great. We had everything going. [Japan] are great guys, we love their vibe and their energy. We’ve been building for the last three years, and to see it coming together not just this week, but this season, it’s very gratifying.”
Gold medal final set
These results set up a gold medal clash between Canada and United States on Sunday afternoon at 12:30, with China and Japan meeting earlier at 8:30 for bronze.
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