Americans Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse make history with first US Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling

Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse are going location as Olympic medalists.

In a gritty last against Sweden Tuesday, the curling mixed doubles brace narrowly missed the apical spot connected the podium, falling 6-5 to siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wranå successful a back-and-forth lucifer that saw the pb alteration hands 3 times.

Rasmus Wranå and Isabella Wranå shingle hands with Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse aft winning a golden medal mixed doubles curling lucifer astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 10, 2026. (Misper Apawu/AP Photo)

Despite their loss, Dropkin and Thiesse made Olympic past with their Milan Cortina show by guaranteeing the U.S. its archetypal Olympic medal successful mixed doubles curling aft their triumph implicit the big federation successful the semifinals. 

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Thiesse, a Duluth, Minnesota native, besides became the archetypal pistillate to triumph an Olympic curling medal for the U.S. 

Cory Thiesse competes successful a golden medal mixed doubles curling lucifer astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 10, 2026. (Fatima Shbair/AP Photo)

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She volition person a accidental to prime up different medal erstwhile she competes successful women’s idiosyncratic curling, but for Dropkin, Tuesday’s last marked his sole event. 

"It was a truly large game," Thiesse said connected the NBC broadcast aft the loss, via The Athletic. "We conscionable needed to beryllium a small spot sharper today, but we’re not going to fto that crippled instrumentality distant from the week that we had."

Rasmus Wranå and Isabella Wranå observe successful the inheritance arsenic Cory Thiesse hugs Korey Dropkin astatine the extremity of the golden medal mixed doubles curling lucifer astatine the 2026 Winter Olympics successful Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 10, 2026. (Fatima Shbair/AP Photo)

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"This week’s been a dream," an affectional Dropkin added. "Rasmus and Isabella are large curlers. They merit this. They played amazing."

Italy defeated Great Britain, 5-3, to circular retired the podium with a bronze medal. 

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