Curling Canada unveils 16 mixed doubles teams vying to wear Maple Leaf in 2026 [Video]

LIVERPOOL, N.S. –

The field for the Olympic mixed doubles curling trials includes a who’s who of Canadian curling.

The 16 teams announced Tuesday compete Dec. 30, 2024, to Jan. 4, 2025, in Liverpool, N.S., for the right to represent Canada at the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy.

Mixed doubles made its Olympic debut in 2018, when Canada’s Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris claimed the first gold medal in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The 2025 trials winner must help qualify Canada for the Winter Games and will do that at the 2025 world championship April 26 to May 3 in Fredericton.

The top eight countries in World Curling’s rankings will compete in Italy.

The 2024 world mixed doubles championship was also a qualifying factor. Canada ranks fifth in the world after Colton and Kadriana Lott of Gimli, Man., reached the playoff round in Aberdeen, Scotland.

The Lotts, Brendan Bottcher and reigning women’s world …