10 February 2026
Sweden are crowned 2026 mixed doubles Olympic champions
New mixed doubles Olympic champions were crowned this evening when Sweden beat United States of America 6-5 in the gold medal match up. After losing three consecutive games during the round robin, including 0-9 against Norway, Sweden got back on track to eventually secure the Olympic title.
United States of America had last stone advantage in the first end, and eventually, with her last stone, Cory Thiesse played a multiple-raise shot to open the scoring with one point.
In the second end, Sweden’s Isabella Wranaa brought a perfectly-judge draw round traffic to land on the button to score two points and take a 2-1 lead.
The Americans had a stone on the button from early in the third end, and eventually that was the stone that scored one point for them to level the game at 2-2.
In the fourth end, United States of America gradually built up the end so that Sweden’s Isabella Wranaa was facing four American counters when she came to play her last stone. Unnerved, she calmly brought her stone inside them all, to score one and take 3-2 lead into the break.
The Americans had a chance to score two in the fifth end, but Thiesse’s final draw was just too strong, and they had to settle for a single point, levelling the score at 3-3.
Sweden called their Power Play in the sixth end and eventually were forced to draw for just one point and a 4-3 lead, instead of the multiple score they were looking for.
In the seventh end, it was the Americans’ turn to employ a Power Play. They built up the end well, but Isabella Wranaa played a double take-out with her last to reduce the potential damage. Cory Thiesse then played a nose-hit to score two and take a 5-4 lead.
The eighth end was tense, but eventually Isabella Wranaa hit out the counting American stone to score the two points needed to give the brother and sister duo the Olympic title.
Talking about her final shot that secured the gold medal, Isabella Wranaa said, “I think [the last shot] was the perfect shot for me to have, a take-out. But of course you’re nervous: it’s the last shot and you know if you make it, it’s an Olympic gold.
“But I felt like we kept it calm. We talked about how we’re going to throw it and I knew that I had a really strong sweeper, so I felt good.”
Rasmus Wranaa reflected on the seventh end where Isabella Wranaa scored a game-changing two points: “Bella made a great double there in the seventh end, and that was definitely a key shot to only give away two there.
“So a great shot from Bella, and we could have that chance in the last end to take it through for the win.”
Reflecting on winning the silver medal, Korey Dropkin said, “We’re so proud of what we’ve been able to achieve here. Day one walking into this event, there’s ten great teams out there that could have been on the podium and I’m just so proud of how we hung in there every game — every game was a battle.
“Hats off to Team Sweden, Rasmus and Isabella are amazing curlers, great people, good friends of ours, and they showed up, made the right shots at the right time. But we’re going to celebrate this silver medal because it’s a big accomplishment for USA Curling.”
Cory Thiesse said, “It’s huge — medals are good for our sport back home. People love curling during the Olympics every four years and being on the podium gains more traction for our sport.
“We love curling, we love showcasing curling, we just enjoyed being out there this week having fun.”
The Sweden Olympic mixed doubles gold medal winning team are Isabella Wranaa and Rasmus Wranaa, supported by coach Andreas Prytz.
The United States of America mixed doubles silver medal winning team are Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin, supported by coach Cathy Overton Clapham.
Find all results from mixed doubles curling at Milano Cortina 2026 here.
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