How has the U.S. performed since Beijing?
Since losing in the bronze medal match to Canada at the 2022 Beijing Olympics, the U.S. has had mixed results in international competition in curling. The biggest standout is the mixed doubles duo of Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse, who won the mixed doubles 2023 world title in Gangneung, South Korea. Dropkin and Thiesse went 7-2 in the preliminary stage of the tournament and went on to beat Scotland, Canada and finally Japan in the elimination bracket. In the world title match, the pair beat Japan 8-2. Additionally, the duo had a strong performance at the 2025 Mixed Doubles Curling World Championships and qualified for Milan Cortina, clinching the No. 8 qualifying spot.
Though the most notable U.S. curling team of all time with their 2018 gold medal, Team Shuster, led by John Shuster, has yet to qualify for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Shuster earned one bronze medal at the 2024 Lacombe Pan Continental Championships, but lost the U.S. men’s championship to Team Dropkin earlier this year. Tabitha Peterson, a two-time Olympian and skip for the U.S. women’s curling team, has yet to qualify for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. She earned a bronze at the 2023 Pan Continental Championships.