Team Canada has won the first two games of the 2024 Women's World Curling Championship in Sydney, Nova Scotia. On Saturday, Canada beat Sweden 7-6 and Denmark 7-4. The Canadian team was skipped this year by Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario.
In Canada's win over Sweden, the Canadian team received a big hit from third-stringer Tracy Fleury of Sudbury, Ontario in the first end that gave them an early 2-0 lead. The deuce gave Team Canada the early momentum it needed against a Swedish team represented by Anna Hasselborg, the gold medalist from 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. The Swedish team did make consecutive steals in the ninth and 10th quarters, but this was too few cases. so late.
In Canada's win over Denmark, three key points in the sixth quarter resulted in a 6-2 lead. Denmark did steal the show in the eighth quarter, but Canada was able to restore their three-point lead with one point in the ninth quarter.
The only other team to have two wins and zero losses is Switzerland. The Swiss team was passed by Silvana Tirinzoni. The Dielsdorf native beat South Korea 7-4 and the United States 10-3. Switzerland has won seven of the last nine Women's World Curling Championships.
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