Canada's Morris and Homan fall to Italy, miss curling playoffs

BEIJING — Canada's mixed doubles curling team is making an early exit at the Beijing Olympics.

John Morris and Rachel Homan will not qualify for the playoffs after dropping an 8-7 decision to Italy's Amos Mosaner and Stefania Constantini at the Ice Cube.

Homan was a little heavy with her final draw to the button in the extra end. A measure was needed to confirm the Italy point.

Canada finished with a round-robin record of 5-4.

Italy will join Sweden, Great Britain and Norway in the evening semifinals. Medal games are scheduled for Tuesday.

Morris won gold with Kaitlyn Lawes at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in the discipline's Olympic debut.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 7, 2022.

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