Canada’s Homan rebounds with win over Norway at women’s curling worlds

Canada’s Rachel Homan split her round-robin games Wednesday at the world women’s curling championship.

She dropped an 11-7 decision to South Korea’s Eunji Gim at Uijeongbu Arena before rebounding with an 8-6 win over Norway’s Marianne Roervik.

Homan and her Ottawa-based team of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes have a 6-2 record after 14 sessions.

The defending champions are tied for third place with Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg.

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Canada’s Rachel Homan leads Canada to victory over Norway

Rachel Homan and her Ottawa-based rinks improved their record to 6-2 with a victory over Norway’s Marianne Roervik in round robin play, at the world women’s curling championship.The victory puts Canada into 3rd place after 8 games, they face rivals Switzerland, next.

Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni (8-0) is in first place and Gim is alone in second spot at 7-1. China’s Rui Wang is in fifth place at 5-3 ahead of Scotland’s Sophie Jackson at 5-4.

The top six teams in the 13-team field will advance to the playoffs starting Saturday.