[EDEN PRAIRIE, MN, November 4, 2024]—Teams will compete for a berth in the 2025 World Wheelchair Curling Championship at the World Wheelchair Curling B championship in Loha, Finland, from November 3-8, 2024.

Team USA will be represented by athletes with no shortage of international experience. The lineup in Finland includes Matt Thums (Skip), Shawn Sadowski (Third), Steve Emt (Second), Oyuna Uranchimeg (Lead), and Laura Dwyer (Alternate). Thums, Emt, and Uranchimeg are Paralympians, while Sadowski and Dwyer have both competed previously at world championships.

Eleven teams will look to earn one of three berths in this year’s World Championship. In addition to the United States, countries represented are Czech Republic, England, Estonia, Finland, Hong Kong, Japan, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and Thailand.

Teams will play a full round-robin, with the top four advancing to a playoff round. Semi-final winners will advance to the gold medal, while the losing teams in the semi-finals will compete for bronze and the final berth in the 2025 World Championship.

Wheelchair Program Director Pete Annis will lead the American contingent throughout the competition at the Kisakallio Sports Institute, a familiar location for fans of international curling competitions.

About USA Curling

Founded in 1958 and headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA Curling is the National Governing body for the Olympic sport of curling and the Paralympic sport of wheelchair curling in the United States. The mission of USA Curling is to grow, strengthen, and advocate for the Olympic and Paralympic sport of curling in the United States by prioritizing accessibility and programmatic development from grassroots to podium. USA Curling is sponsored by Columbia Sportswear, the Dale’s family of beers, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Training HAUS, Toyota, ISS (Ice, Sports & Solar), Rock Solid Productions, Jet Ice, and Laurie Artiss. USA Curling is a proud member of the World Curling Federation and the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee. To learn more, visit usacurling.org.