(photo: olympics, www.olympics.com)

We are not quite half way through 2025 and winter was just over a few months ago. But 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics Winter Olympic is here to kickstart with the first 2 athletics being named in the Canadian team.

Curlers Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant, the husband-and-wife team based in Chestermere, Alberta will represent Canada in mixed doubles curling at the Winter Olympics, Curling Canada, marking a significant milestone in their careers.

Their journey so far has been very impressive, they won the Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Trials title in Liverpool, Nova Scotia back in January. Going undefeated throughout the tournament. In a thrilling final, they edged out the team of Rachel Homan and Brendan Bottcher with an 8–7 victory.

The pair competed at the World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They delivered some impressive performances and secured Canada’s spot in the Olympic mixed doubles event. 

Jocelyn Peterman said:

“To be an Olympian once is amazing, but to have the opportunity to do it twice, and also to do it with my husband as a teammate, will be a true privilege, and we just can’t wait to be in Italy next year.”

“We’re excited about the road in front of us, and we will be doing everything we can to prepare ourselves for the Olympics.” 

Brett Gallant said:

“Since Jocelyn and I started playing mixed doubles, it’s been our dream to represent Canada at the Winter Olympics as teammates, and we’re going to embrace this opportunity. We appreciate that Curling Canada adjusted its qualifying process for mixed doubles in order to provide more time to get ourselves ready for the Games, and we’ll be using that time to the best of our ability to be in peak form in Italy,”

(photo: Curling Canada, www.curling.ca)

Canada is well set for curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics — not just in mixed doubles but also spots for both the men’s and women’s team events too.

As for who’s actually going to play on those teams? We’ll find out later this year. The big matches are happening in Halifax from November 22 to 30, so mark your calendars if you’re a curling fan.

Since curling came back to the Olympics in 1998 (Nagano, remember that?), Canada’s done pretty well — 12 medals in total, with six of them being gold.