UPDATE: Canada remains perfect in wheelchair curling at Milano Cortina Paralympics
Published 9:52 am Tuesday, March 10, 2026
UPDATE TUESDAY, MARCH 10: And now it’s six wins, no losses.
Team Canada scored three in the last end with the final rock to remain unbeaten at the Paralympics in Italy following a thrilling 6-5 come-from-behind win over Sweden Tuesday afternoon, March 10.
The Swedes – the defending silver medalists from Beijing four years ago – led 5-3 after stealing three of their own in the seventh end, setting the stage for Canada’s heroics from the quartet of Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest (second), skip Mark Ideson (London, Ont.), third Jon Thurston (Dunsford, Ont.), and lead Callinda Joseph (Stittsville, Ont.).
Canada led 1-0 after scoring a point with last rock in the opening end, then stole single points in the second and fourth ends for a 3-0 bulge at the break.
The Swedes scored with last rock to get on the board in the fifth end, and stole a single in the sixth before the trey in seven.
Forrest shot a whopping 73 per cent shot success in the morning game, a 9-4 victory over the defending Paralympic champions, China, and shot 70 per cent against Sweden.
Canada sits atop the table at 6-0 with three matches to go in the round robin. China is second at 5-1, Sweden and Korea are tied for third at 4-2.
The lone game for Canada on Wednesday, March 11, is against Slovakia (3-2).
ORIGINAL STORY
Make it five straight wins for Team Canada in wheelchair curling at the 2026 Paralympics in Italy.
Spallumcheen’s Ina Forrest and her Canadian comrades improved to 5-0 in the wee hours Pacific time Tuesday, March 10, with a massive 9-4 win over the defending champs from China.
The loss was the first of the tournament for the Chinese.
Canada scored two in the first end and upped its lead to 3-0 with a steal of one point in the third.
China would tie the game with a three-spot in the fourth.
After the fourth-end break, skip Mark Ideson would score a deuce with hammer for Canada for a 5-3 lead after five ends.
China would only get one point back with the last rock of the sixth end, setting the stage for Forrest, Ideson, Jon Thurston, and Callinda Joseph to put the game away by scoring four in the seventh end, forcing handshakes from China.
Canada is back on the ice at 10:30 a.m. Pacific with a game against Sweden.
China (gold), Sweden (silver), and Canada (bronze) were the podium finishers at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games and are currently the top three nations in the round-robin.
