Canada's Peterman and Gallant look for elusive world mixed doubles curling gold

After coming just short of world mixed doubles curling gold three years ago, Brett Gallant and Jocelyn Peterman will soon get another chance to become the first Canadians to reach the top of the podium at the event.

They were selected by Curling Canada to represent the country at this year's competition, which begins Saturday in Geneva.

"They have a ton of experience playing together in mixed doubles and they have great resumes on the four-person side as well," said national mixed doubles coach Scott Pfeifer.

Peterman, from Winnipeg, and Gallant, from St. John's, N.L., settled for silver after dropping a 6-5 decision to Sweden at the 2019 event in Stavanger, Norway.

The two-time national mixed doubles champions were picked to represent the country after last month's Canadian championships were scrubbed due to the pandemic.

It's the second straight major international mixed doubles event where Curling Canada has selected the team. Rachel Homan and John Morris were picked for the Beijing Olympics, but they didn't make the playoffs.

Peterman and Gallant weren't available for Olympic mixed doubles as they were representing Canada in four-player competition at the Ice Cube. Unlike most federations, Curling Canada doesn't allow curlers to play in both disciplines at the same Games.

Peterman missed the playoffs with the Jennifer Jones rink and Gallant took bronze with Brad Gushue's team.

"As an athlete, you never know when you’ll get those opportunities and have to appreciate when they come around," Peterman said. "Like everyone else, we wished we could have competed for this chance to represent Canada, and we won’t take this for granted.

"We want to make our country proud in Switzerland.”

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