A field heavy with international talent will kick off the Grand Slam of Curling schedule on Tuesday at the HearingLife Tour Challenge in Niagara Falls, Ont.
Reigning world champs Bruce Mouat of Scotland and Silvana Tirinzoni of Switzerland are among the headliners at the Gale Centre. Round-robin play continues through Friday ahead of the weekend playoffs.
Canada hasn't won a four-player team medal at the Games since 2014. The country's world championship drought dates back to 2017 for the men and 2018 for the women ."There are no easy games," Gallant said."Everybody is pushing everybody. It makes for some great games. We've got the five-rock rule now and there's no tick, so you can't take an end off.
Italy's Stefania Constantini, South Korea's Seung-Youn Ha and Scotland's Rebecca Morrison are among the new international women's teams in the field. "International depth is actually getting stronger as opposed to the other way around," said curling commentator Mike Harris, who won Olympic silver for Canada in 1998."So not great news for the Canadian athletes, but the good news is that our top five or six teams are right there.
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