Canada's Rachel Homan wins gold at women's curling world championship

Canada's Rachel Homan defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 on Sunday to win gold at the women's curling world championship in Sydney, N.S.

Canada 's Rachel Homan defeated Switzerland 's Silvana Tirinzoni 7-5 on Sunday to win gold at the women's curling world championship in Sydney, N.S. Homan made a split to score three points in the ninth end. The Swiss didn't have a shot for a game-tying deuce in the 10th end and conceded before throwing their final stone. The win ended Canada 's six-year title drought at this event. It was Homan's first world crown since taking gold at the 2017 playdowns in Beijing.

Homan and her team of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and lead Sarah Wilkes picked up where they left off after running the table at the national championship last month

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