Team USA sister act Tara and Tabitha Peterson – a force to be reckoned with

American sisters Tara and Tabitha Peterson grew up curling together, introduced to the sport by their grandfather.

This week, the duo is finally competing together at the Olympic Games.

"It's awesome. It's super cool. Being sisters, it's really special that we get to share this experience together,” said Tabitha. "We started curling when I was 10 and (Tabitha) was 8, and we just started on the same team together. So it was just easy, an automatic teammate."

Tabitha, 32, is an Olympic veteran, having finished eighth four years ago as part of Team Roth. The Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 are a debut for the 30-year-old Tara.

The sisters have competed together in five seasons: first, as part of a team skipped by Jamie Sinclair in the 2015-16 season, then, on Team Roth with Nina Roth as skip following the PyeongChang Games.

In 2019, Tabitha took over as skip and the two have been together on Team Peterson ever since.

Going to the Games together has been the goal.

“I guess I kind of, in a way, was doing it for her,” Tabitha Peterson said in an interview with For The Win. “I really want to get her to get to the Olympics because I know how special it felt for me the first time around.”

That doesn’t mean they’re satisfied, far from it. They're gunning for gold.

“I know we can beat these teams,” Tara said, according to an interview with KSTP. “We have beaten every single team that we will be playing, so it’s very likely that we should be on the podium.”

“We have a really, really good chance if we can have a good week and put it all together,” Tabitha said, “that we’ll be on the medal stand.”

The 2021 world bronze medallists, Team Peterson have gotten off to a strong start in Beijing, winning their first three matches.

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