2026年2月9日 / 美国东部时间下午3:07 / CBS/美联社
科里·德罗普金（Korey Dropkin）和科里·蒂埃斯（Cory Thiesse）在米兰科尔蒂纳冬奥会混合双人冰壶半决赛中以9-8击败意大利队，确保美国队获得首枚奥运会混合双人冰壶奖牌，并晋级决赛。
来自马萨诸塞州的德罗普金和明尼苏达州的蒂埃斯在险胜东道主后欢呼雀跃，紧紧拥抱。蒂埃斯曾在2018年平昌冬奥会代表美国女子冰壶队出战并获得第8名，这是她首次参加冬奥会；而德罗普金则是首次踏上奥运征程。
这对组合在2023年组队后，为美国队赢得了首个混合双人冰壶世界冠军。
冰壶运动在两人的家庭中代代相传，德罗普金称冰壶对他而言”就像宗教一样重要”。
“我是在冰壶俱乐部长大的，”30岁的德罗普金在接受CBS新闻采访时表示，”我的父母深度参与了我们俱乐部的青少年项目。我哥哥比我大五岁，当时已经在打冰壶了，我就像他的小跟班一样跟着他。”
蒂埃斯的母亲是琳达·克里斯滕森（Linda Christensen），后者曾代表美国队参赛，并且是两次美国女子冰壶全国冠军和一次世界女子冰壶冠军。
美国队冰壶混双金牌赛何时举行？
德罗普金和蒂埃斯将在2月10日（周二）美国东部时间中午12:05迎战瑞典队，争夺金牌。
美国队的对手是瑞典兄妹组合伊莎贝拉（Isabella）和拉斯穆斯·韦兰（Rasmus Wrana），他们在另一场半决赛中以9-3击败了英国组合詹妮弗·多兹（Jennifer Dodds）和布雷特·穆阿特（Brett Mouat）。
多兹和穆阿特是从小一起打冰壶的挚友，赛前被视为夺冠热门，外界普遍认为他们会晋级决赛。
而瑞典兄妹组合从小是竞争对手，长大后却携手参赛。瑞典队曾在2022年获得混合双人冰壶铜牌。
冰壶比赛有多少局？
与棒球的局数类似，冰壶比赛由”局（End）”组成。每局中，两队各投掷8块冰壶石（每队4人，每局每队4次投掷），共16块冰壶石沿冰面滑向圆心区域，最终计算各队冰壶石与圆心的距离决定得分。下一局则方向相反。
在一场冰壶比赛中，两队选手需在冰面上沿狭长冰道滑行，将44磅（20公斤）重的花岗岩冰壶石推向被称为”圆心（tee）”的目标区域，以最接近圆心者得分。
投掷者释放冰壶石的位置到圆心的距离约为93英尺（28米），而冰道宽度仅5米（16.4英尺），因此每局结束时冰壶石会在冰面上堆积，场面十分拥挤。
每局比赛最多进行10轮，每队有8次投掷机会，选手可选择直接瞄准圆心、撞击对手冰壶石或推动己方冰壶石靠近目标。战术包括阻挡（blocking）和清除（take-outs）等策略。
（配图说明：美国队科里·蒂埃斯和科里·德罗普金在2026年冬奥会混合双人冰壶循环赛中与爱沙尼亚队对抗，2026年2月8日。理查德·希思科特/盖蒂图片社）
（配图说明：美国队科里·蒂埃斯和科里·德罗普金在半决赛中击败意大利队后庆祝，2026年2月9日。马蒂亚·奥兹博特/盖蒂图片社）
U.S. reaches finals in Olympic curling mixed doubles, will face Swedish siblings for gold
February 9, 2026 / 3:07 PM EST / CBS/AP
Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse guaranteed the United States its first Olympic medal in mixed doubles curling, reaching the final Monday with a 9-8 victory over Italy at the Milano Cortina Games.
Dropkin, of Massachusetts, and Thiesse, of Minnesota, whooped and hollered after edging the hosts, hugging tightly. Thiesse made her first Winter Olympics appearance at the 2018 PyeongChang Games, placing 8th with the women’s curling team; it is Dropkin’s first Olympics Games.
The duo gave the U.S. its first world title in mixed doubles curling in 2023, a year after they teamed up.
Curling runs in both of their families, and Dropkin says it’s “like religion” to him.
“I grew up at the curling club,” the 30-year-old told CBS News. “My parents were super involved with a junior program at our curling club. My brother was five years older. He was already curling. I followed in his footsteps. I was like his shadow.”
Thiesse is the daughter of Linda Christensen, who also competed for Team USA and is a two-time U.S. senior national champion and one-time world senior champion.
When is Team USA curling mixed double gold medal match?
Dropkin and Thiesse’s mixed doubles curling gold medal match against Sweden is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 12:05 p.m. ET.
The Americans will play Swedish siblings Isabella and Rasmus Wrana, who upset the British duo of Jennifer Dodds and Brett Mouat 9-3 in the other semifinal.
Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin of Team USA celebrate after winning the Curling Mixed Doubles semifinals match against Italy at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games, Feb. 9, 2026. Mattia Ozbot / Getty Images
Dodds and Mouat, best friends who grew up curling together, entered the field as favorites and were widely expected to be in the final.
Sweden’s brother-and-sister team are curling together after growing up as rivals. Sweden won bronze in mixed doubles in 2022.
How many ends are there in curling?
Similar to innings in baseball, curling is played in “ends.” At each end, 16 stones are thrown in one direction and a score is determined. In the next end, the stones are thrown in the other direction.
In a curling match, two teams compete to see which can get the most granite stones closest to a bullseye target called the tee by sliding them along a narrow sheet of ice.
The distance between where a player must release the stone and the tee at the other end is about 93 feet (28 meters).
Team USA’s Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin compete in a Curling Mixed Doubles Round Robin match against Estonia at the 2026 Winter Olympics on Feb. 8, 2026. Richard Heathcote / Getty Images
The sheet is only 5 meters (16.4 feet) wide and both teams’ stones accumulate every round, so it gets crowded.
Each round, for up to 10 rounds, teams have eight chances to slide the specialized 44-pound (20 kg) stones toward the tee. They can aim directly for the center, try to knock their opponents’ stones away or nudge their own stones closer to the target. Strategies include blocking and take-outs.
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