sweden won the gold medal in women's curling in the olympics.
who won the gold medal in women's curling in the olympics?
sweden
the united states had its worst showing at a winter olympics since the 1998 nagano games, ranking out of the top three in both the gold and total medal count with 9 and 23 medals respectively, and finished fourth in both rankings. however, there were some notable successes for the team. jessica diggins and kikkan randall won the first olympic gold medal in cross-country skiing ever for the united states in the women's team sprint event. skip john shuster led his team to the united states' first-ever gold medal in curling, winning the men's curling over sweden. the united states women's national ice hockey team also won the gold in the women's ice hockey tournament for the first time since the inauguration of the sport in 1998 over the four-time defending gold medalist canada in an overtime penalty shootout.
united states at the 2018 winter olympics
miskew joined up with homan in 2001 at the age of 12, after their fathers decided to form a team with the pair after the two faced off in the final of a little rock tournament played during the 2001 nokia brier. miskew, who had been curling since she was five, was previously a skip in her own right. as a member of the homan rink, miskew has won four provincial bantam titles, two provincial junior titles, a canada games gold medal, the 2010 canadian junior curling championships, three provincial championships (2011, 2013 & 2017) and three scotties tournament of hearts in 2013, 2014 and 2017, the 2015 canada cup of curling, the 2017 canadian olympic curling trials and a career six grand slam of curling titles. she represented canada at the 2010 world junior curling championships in flims, switzerland where she won a silver medal. she also represented canada as a member of the homan team at the 2013 world women's curling championship in riga, latvia where she won a bronze medal, at the 2014 ford world women's curling championship in saint john, new brunswick where they won a silver medal and at the 2017 world women's curling championship where they won a gold medal. at the 2018 winter olympics, the team would finish in sixth place.
emma miskew