Curling at 2026 Winter Olympics: How it works, competition schedule

 MILAN — Curling has emerged as a cult classic at the Winter Olympics.

The U.S. will be represented in all three curling events the 2026 Milan Cortina Games, with Team Casper competing in the men’s curling event after John Shuster's bid to compete at his sixth consecutive Winter Games fell short. Team Peterson and the duo of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin will also represent Team USA in the women’s curling event and mixed

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 doubles, respectively.

All three teams will look to win Team USA's first curling medal in eight years. The U.S. has only won two curling medals in Olympic history, most notably a gold medal won by Team Shuster in the men's event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. The U.S. hasn't made the Olympic podium in the women's or mixed doubles events.

When did curling become a Winter Olympic sport?

Men's curling was part of the inaugural 1924 Chamonix Winter Games, but it was held as a demonstration event in 1932 at Lake Placid, in 1988 at Calgary and in 1992 at Albertville. Men and women's curling were officially added to the program for the 1998 Nagano Olympic Winter Games, while mixed doubles made its debut at Pyeongchang in 2018.

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