Londoner Sarah Wilkes bringing home bronze medal in women’s curling

Canada's Rachel Homan, Tracy Fleury, Sarah Wilkes and Emma Miskew celebrate winning their women's curling bronze medal match against the United States, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

London’s Sarah Wilkes is bringing home a medal at the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.

Team Rachel Homan won 10-7 over Team USA Saturday morning to capture third place in Women’s Curling.

At the beginning of the week, a medal looked like a longshot when they started the tournament 1-3.

However, they fought back with five consecutive victories to reach the semifinal.

“It’s hard to describe,” Homan told Canadian Press.

“The week that we had, the fight that we showed, I’m so incredibly proud of the team and how we fought to get this bronze medal.”

Wilkes and her team were disappointed after losing 6-3 in the semifinal and missed out on a chance to play for gold.

It’s the first Olympic medal for Wilkes – who joined the team in 2020- and the first Olympic podium for Canada in women’s curling since Jennifer Jones won gold at the 2014 Sochi Games.

Homan missed the playoffs in her Olympic debut at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. She missed the cut again at the 2022 Beijing Games in mixed doubles.

Her top-ranked side struggled early in round-robin play before reeling off five wins ahead of a semifinal loss to Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg.

Wilkes will bring a medal back to Southwestern Ontario joining women’s hockey players Julia Gosling, Ella Shelton and Nat Spooner who won silver medals.

Local hockey players Bo Horvat, Drew Doughty and Nick Suzuki will go for gold Sunday morning when Canada plays the US.