Canada's Homan, Morris romp past U.S. in mixed doubles curling

Canada's Rachel Homan and John Morris defeated the United States  7-2 to improve the Beijing 2022 mixed doubles curling campaign to 4-2 on Saturday.

The Ottawa duo stole a single from the duo of Vicky Persinger and Christopher Plys in the fifth and sixth ends before claiming a major three-point seventh end to bring the round robin match to an early end at the National Aquatics Centre.

It was Canada's biggest mixed doubles curling win in Beijing so far and a crucial one since both sides entered the ice with identical 3-2 records.

Unbeaten Italy remains at the top of the 10-team standings with a 6-0 record. Sweden (5-2) and Great Britain (4-2) are also ahead of Canada (4-2), which sits at the final semifinal classification spot at fourth.

The U.S. (3-3), Norway (3-3) are currently on the outside looking in, with China (2-4), the Czech Republic (2-4), Switzerland (2-4) and Australia (0-7) further behind.

They needed it, they got it ✅<br><br>Rachel Homan and John Morris with a dominant performance in the seventh end to beat the USA 7-2 <br><br>The Canadian mixed doubles team moves to 4-2 and sits in fourth in the standings