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Canada's Homan earns pair of wins to secure playoff spot at women's curling worlds

Homan secures playoff spot

Canada's Rachel Homan has secured a playoff spot at the LGT world women's curling championship.

The defending champion picked up two victories on the day to secure a berth in the six-team playoffs at Uijeongbu Arena.

Homan and her Ottawa-based team of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni 7-6 in an extra end before rolling to an 11-2 rout of Japan's Sayaka Yoshimura.

After 17 sessions, Canada is in a second-place tie with Sweden's Anna Hasselborg and South Korea's Eunji Gim at 8-2.

Switzerland leads the 13-team standings at 9-1.

Two playoff spots are still up for grabs with one day of round-robin play remaining before the weekend playoffs. China's Rui Wang and Scotland's Sophie Jackson are tied in fifth place at 6-4 while Denmark's Madeleine Dupont is 5-5.

 



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