MEN’S OLYMPIC CURLING KICKS OFF TONIGHT, WOMEN’S PLAY DEBUTS TOMORROW
After earning a silver in Mixed Doubles play, Team USA curlers will look to collect more hardware in the Men’s and Women’s competitions.
THIESSE/DROPKIN TAKE OLYMPIC SILVER
Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin ended just shy of the top of the podium in Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling, but they still made history for the sport and the country.
CORY THIESSE BECOMES FIRST AMERICAN WOMAN TO WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL IN CURLING
Thiesse has already made history—she will be the first female curler from the United States to win an Olympic medal.
THIESSE/DROPKIN TOP ITALY, ADVANCE TO GOLD MEDAL GAME
Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin continue their impressive run at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, defeating the 2022 gold medalists from Italy in the semi-final. With that win, they advance to play for gold at 12 PM ET on Tuesday, February 10th.
THIESSE/DROPKIN TOP SWEDEN, EARN SPOT IN MEDAL ROUND AT 2026 GAMES
Cory Thiesse (Duluth, MN) and Korey Dropkin (Southborough, MA) have made history, becoming the first American Mixed Doubles team to reach the medal round since the discipline became part of the Winter Olympics program in 2018.
USA CURLING CONTEST ANNOUNCED, FANS INVITED TO SUBMIT VIDEOS
USA Curling is excited to announce the launch of The Daily Curl, a contest that will award Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals for the best user-generated content about the sport.
THIESSE/DROPKIN KICK OFF 2026 WINTER GAMES FOR TEAM USA
The Mixed Doubles team of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin will be the first Americans in the field of play at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina.
REGIONS CUP—UPDATED STANDINGS
USA Curling is pleased to provide updated standings in the race for the Regions Cup, a new award earned by the Recognized Regional Association (RRA) that performs best across the four regionally-based National Championships—Arena Nationals, U18 Nationals, Club Nationals, and Mixed Fours Nationals. It introduces an element of regional pride to these events, and brings teams of different ages and from all kinds of Member Clubs together in a collective effort.
USA CURLING SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR
Before the the first stones slide down the ice in the ultimate international celebration of sport, USA Curling is pleased to recognize Columbia Sportswear, the official apparel sponsor of the National Governing Body for the sport and provider of competition uniforms to our National Teams and Olympians.
USA CURLING SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: THE DALE’S FAMILY OF BEERS
As the country looks forward to a focus on winter sport, USA Curling is pleased to recognize the Dale’s family of beers for its support of USA Curling and the Olympians who will represent the United States.
USA CURLING SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT: TRAINING HAUS AND TWIN CITIES ORTHOPEDICS
With the spotlight about to turn to turn to our sport as international competition begins, USA Curling is pleased to recognize Training HAUS and Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO), the Official Training and Sports Medicine provider of the organization.
USA CURLING PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: SAKEONE
With the USA Curling Men’s team about to compete on the biggest world stage in sports, USA Curling is pleased to recognize SakéOne as an official Partner and supporter of the Olympians on Team Casper (Danny Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Aidan Oldenburg, Rich Ruohonen).
USA CURLING PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: ARDEN SEAT CUSHIONS
With curling stones soon to slide down the ice at the most important international competition, USA Curling is pleased to recognize Arden Heated Seat Cushions as a an official Partner and supporter of Olympians Team Thiesse/Dropkin (Cory Thiesse, Korey Dropkin).
USA CURLING PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: PAINTERLAND SISTERS YOGURT
With curling soon to move into the spotlight at the biggest international celebration of sport, USA Curling is pleased to recognize Painterland Sisters Yogurt as an official Partner and supporter of Olympians Team Peterson(Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Tara Peterson, Taylor Anderson-Heide, Aileen Geving).
KAWLESKI/KAUFFMAN CAPTURE 2026 MIXED DOUBLES TITLE
Rachel Kawleski and Connor Kauffman claimed the USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship with an 8-4 win in the final game over Ella Fleming and Jackson Bestland.
MIXED DOUBLES NATIONALS KICKS OFF IN BEMIDJI
USA Curling is pleased to announce the lineup of teams that will compete at the 2026 Mixed Doubles National Championship at the Bemidji Curling Club in Bemidji, MN.
SMITH, FARBELOW DEFEND SENIOR TITLES
After several days of great curling in Wisconsin, Team Farbelow (Mike Farbelow, Rich Ruohonen, Bill Stopera, Darren Lehto) and Team Smith (Margie Smith, Norma O’Leary, Shelly Kinney, Shelly Kosal) both successfully defended their 2025 titles and emerged as national champions once again.
SENIOR NATIONALS KICK OFF IN WISCONSIN
Twenty-six men’s teams and and fourteen women’s teams will take to the ice at host club Kettle Moraine in Hartland, WI, and the Wauwatosa Curling Club in Wauwatosa, WI, all aiming to represent the United States at the 2026 Ace & Company World Senior Curling Championships in April.
TOWN HALL SCHEDULED—MAXIMIZING THE GAMES OPPORTUNITY
Please join us for the next Virtual Town Hall with USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell on Tuesday, January 13th. The primary focus will be our So You Want to be an Olympic Curler effort, but other issues related to Games preparation will also be covered.
TEAMS KADLEC, JOHNSON CAPTURE U18 NATIONALS TITLES
Rock Creek Curling hosted another successful U18 Nationals, as 12 Girls teams and 12 Boys teams came to Lafayette, CO, to vie for the titles. After four days of outstanding competition, it was teams from the Wisconsin Curling Association and the Minnesota Curling Association that left as national champions.