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Australia received its first-ever global championship medal within the recreation of curling in an historical second on Sunday — however a slender defeat in an previous fit method the duo are but to guide their position within the 2026 Winter Olympics, leaving them with motive for worry.
Beijing 2022 Olympians Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt received the bronze-medal fit within the combined doubles pageant on the global championships in Canada, trumping a couple from Estonia in a 9-2 drubbing in Fredericton in Canada’s east.
However, whether or not the duo will compete on the Olympics in Italy subsequent February continues to be noticed once they misplaced to Scotland 9-6 in a semi-final.
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They will depart Canada overjoyed with developing historical past, however ruing that they did not protected Olympic qualification.
“Since 2018 we have built and built year in, year out, got to the 2022 Olympics and that was a fantastic feeling, and then this year we have had close to 11 podiums,” Hewitt stated.
Australia’s Tahli Gill in motion within the bronze-medal fit of the combined doubles pageant. Chris Hocking/OWIA
“It’s impressive and I am proud of what we have done.
“We have arise slightly bit brief for direct Olympic qualification which is bittersweet, however nonetheless getting the bronze, [we] cannot be too disillusioned with that.”
Ten teams will contest the mixed doubles competition at Milano-Cortina 2026, including the eight highest-ranked countries according to points earned at the 2024 and 2025 world championships.
Australia’s Gill and Hewitt will aim to snap up one of the two remaining spots at an Olympic qualification event in December, to be held in Kelowna in Canada’s south.
Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt pictured after winning world championship bronze. Chris Hocking/OWIA
They defeated eight countries at Canada’s world championships, beating the Czech Republic, Estonia, New Zealand, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and the USA, and only lost twice, to Japan and Scotland.
“It’s large for us,” Gill said of the historic moment.
“We have labored in point of fact laborious for this second, and prefer Dean stated it is a bittersweet feeling, however [it] indisputably offers us numerous self belief transferring ahead and the momentum is not going to forestall right here.”
