Team Rachel Homan's biggest preliminary-round test will come on Tuesday when they take on Italy's Team Stefania Constantini (4-0) and the four-time defending champions in Switzerland's Team Silvana Tirinzoni (4-0), the only other undefeated rinks in the field.
Rachel Homan and her team from the Ottawa Curling Club haven't slowed down one iota over the first four games at the BKT Tires World Women's Curling Championship.
Thanks to their strong play, Team Homan might be Canada's best shot at capturing gold at the women's worlds for the first time since 2018 when Jennifer Jones accomplished the feat in North Bay, Ont. Team Homan's biggest preliminary-round test will come on Tuesday when they take on Italy's Team Stefania Constantini and the four-time defending champions in Switzerland's Team Silvana Tirinzoni , the only other undefeated rinks in the field.
They owned a 50-36 record coming into the worlds, highlighted by four final appearances and one win, but also had a stretch where they lost 10 games in a row, including going 4-14 over four events. On one side, we have Team Homan, the most dominant squad in curling this season. On the other, there's Team Silvana Tirinzoni, the rink who is looking to win an incredible fifth straight title at the World Women's Curling Championship.
Team Tirinzoni have gone 14-0 in each of the past two World Women's Curling Championships and hold a total record of 58-5 during their four-year reign which started in 2019 . The second-ranked team in the world went 67-13 before the women's worlds, winning five events, highlighted by a near-perfect run at Swiss nationals in early February and an 11-0 showing at the European Curling Championships in November.
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