Winning Duo Qualifies for 2025 World Mixed Doubles Championships, Where They Can Compete for Spot at 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games
Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials from Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, Colo., Begin Monday, Feb. 17, at 9 p.m. ET on Peacock
Curling Returns to CNBC; All Events Stream Live on Peacock
Commentators: Jason Knapp, Kevin Martin, and Kira K. Dixon
Curling Coverage Kicks Off NBC Sports’ Coverage of U.S. Olympic Team Trials Ahead of 2026 Milan Cortina Olympic Winter Games
STAMFORD, Conn. – Feb. 13, 2025 – With just under a year to go until the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, NBC Sports presents live coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Mixed Doubles Curling with over 100 hours of live coverage across CNBC and Peacock over seven days from Rock Creek Curling in Lafayette, Colo. Coverage begins on Peacock this Monday, Feb. 17, with all five games from Draw 1 at 9 p.m. ET. Live coverage of the Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials concludes next Sunday, Feb. 23, when CNBC and Peacock will carry Game 2 of the Final at 2 p.m. ET and Game 3 (if necessary) at 8 p.m. ET.
The winning team at the Trials will represent Team USA at the 2025 Mixed Doubles World Championship in Fredericton, Canada, in April 2025, where they will attempt to secure a spot for the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
Throughout next week (Feb. 17-21), Peacock will stream all five games from all nine draws, including a tiebreaker (if necessary) and the two games of the Page Playoffs on Friday, Feb. 21. On the final two days of coverage, Feb. 22-23, CNBC and Peacock will present the semifinal and final. All Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials coverage will also stream via NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.
Next week’s event also marks curling’s return to CNBC, which has carried the sport for every Winter Olympics since 2002. The business news network and curling have developed a well-documented special relationship over the past two decades. During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, The New York Times said curling, “…has captivated the Type-A world of Wall Street almost by accident. CNBC, whose market chatter is the background music on trading floors, switches to curling from Vancouver shortly after the closing bell.”
The U.S. mixed doubles contingent has been on the rise since the 2022 Winter Olympics. Just one year later, at the 2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, the U.S. duo of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin defeated Japan, 8-2, to earn the country’s first-ever mixed doubles world championship, as well as only its third podium finish since the inaugural World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in 2008. The U.S. Olympian brother-sister duo of Matt and Becca Hamilton finished 10th at the 2024 World Championships after a victory over Thiesse and Dropkin at the U.S. National Championship.
There will be 10 teams competing at the Olympic Trials: Matt and Becca Hamilton, Cory Thiesse/Korey Dropkin, Aileen Geving/John Shuster, Sarah Anderson/Andrew Stopera, Madison Bear/Aidan Oldenburg, Clare Moores/Lance Wheeler, Taylor Anderson-Heide/Ben Richardson, Lexi Daly/Luc Violette, Nina Roth/Kroy Nernberger, and BriAnna Weldon and Sean Franey.
NBC Sports’ Jason Knapp will call the semifinal and final games, joined by analyst and two-time Olympic medalist Kevin Martin, and reporter Kira K. Dixon. Martin, also a world champion, four-time Canadian champion, and World Curling Hall of Famer, won gold on home ice at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.
Broadcast Team
- Play-by-play: Jason Knapp
- Analyst: Kevin Martin
- Reporter: Kira K. Dixon
How To Watch – Monday, Feb. 17 – Sunday, Feb. 23 (all times ET)
- Streaming: Peacock, NBCOlympics.com, NBC Sports app
- TV: CNBC
| Date | Coverage | Network(s) | Time (ET) |
| Mon., Feb. 17 | Draw 1 (5 games) | Peacock | 9 p.m.-11 p.m. |
| Tues., Feb. 18 | Draw 2 (5 games) | Peacock | 2 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| Draw 3 (5 games) | Peacock | 9 p.m.-11 p.m. | |
| Weds., Feb. 19 | Draw 4 (5 games) | Peacock | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Draw 5 (5 games) | Peacock | 4 p.m.-6 p.m. | |
| Draw 6 (5 games) | Peacock | 9 p.m.-11 p.m. | |
| Thurs., Feb. 20 | Draw 7 (5 games) | Peacock | 2 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| Draw 8 (5 games) | Peacock | 9 p.m.-11 p.m. | |
| Fri., Feb. 21 | Draw 9 (5 games) | Peacock | 11 a.m.-1 p.m. |
| Tiebreaker* | Peacock | 3 p.m.-5 p.m. | |
| Page Playoffs (2 games) | Peacock | 9 p.m.-11 p.m. | |
| Sat., Feb. 22 | Semifinal | CNBC, Peacock | 2 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| Final (Game 1) | CNBC, Peacock | 9 p.m.-11 p.m. | |
| Sun., Feb. 23 | Final (Game 2) | CNBC, Peacock | 2 p.m.-4 p.m. |
| Final (Game 3)* | CNBC, Peacock | 8 p.m.-10 p.m. |
*If necessary
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