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achel Homan laughs at the question and then pauses to think about how she’d put the last couple of years of her curling career into words. After a beat, the three-time Canadian champion and two-time Olympian decides she can’t, really, and that’s more than fair. Just look at the headlines alone: Homan made the 2021 Scotties final and competed while eight months pregnant with her second child — a girl named Bowyn — and promptly returned to the ice to compete in a Grand Slam of Curling event just weeks after she gave birth. In January, the skip was hand-picked to compete in her second Olympics, in a bubble, where she and John Morris came a fraction of an inch from qualifying Canada for the mixed doubles playoffs. Dramatic, gruelling stuff.
That’s hardly it, either. These days, change is afoot for Homan: Her team — third Emma Miskew, second Sarah Wilkes and lead Joanne Courtney — have just one event remaining as a foursome. After this season, Courtney is stepping away from the competitive game. Joining Team Homan will be none other than the world’s second-ranked skip, Tracy Fleury, who lost in the Olympic Trials final to Jennifer Jones earlier this year.
Ahead of curling’s season finale — the Grand Slam of Curling’s Champions Cup, which runs from May 3-8 in Olds, Alta. — Sportsnet caught up with Homan to talk about the roster change, what it’s like to be called “Superwoman” by her competitors, how she dealt with coming back from the Olympics empty-handed, her competitive fire, and her dismal golf game.
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