One thing is clear just a couple weeks before the Canadian Trials to determine who will represent the country at the 2026 Olympics — the top teams will be very hard to beat.

With the KIOTI GSOC Tahoe event being the last major competition until the Trials later this month in Halifax, it was important for Canadian rinks to find their groove — and Rachel Homan, Brad Jacobs and Matt Dunstone certainly have.

All three finished preliminary-round play Friday with a win to improve to 4-0 and will now need to go undefeated to win the Grand Slam of Curling event.

Friday’s results (Full scores and standings)

Draw 13 Hoesli 6, Retornaz 4 Ha 8, Kitazawa 6 X. Schwaller 9, Morrison 3 McEwen 11, Edin 5

Draw 14 Tirinzoni 8, Wang 3 Lawes 6, Tabata 5 Jacobs 7, Muskatewitz 6 Waddell 8, Y. Schwaller 7 (S

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