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PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ will not win an Olympic medal in women's curling for the first time.

Rachel Homan's fifth loss Wednesday eliminated them from medal contention.

Since curling made its return to the Winter Olympics in 1998, Canadian teams had won a men's and women's medal in every games.

Homan's team fell 6-5 to Britain's Eve Muirhead in the morning draw. The Canadians needed to win it and their round-robin finale against Olympic Athletes from Russia to avoid elimination.

The Canadians needed to win it and their round-robin finale against Olympic Athletes from Russia to avoid elimination.

"I'm a little bit disappointed," said Homan, who finished with a 9-8 win over a team from Russia. "We wanted to try and qualify and make playoffs for sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½, but we gave it all we had. We never gave up. It's the way it goes sometimes. It's sport."

South Korea, Sweden, Britain and Japan advanced to the playoffs.

sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ remained in contention on the men's side as Kevin Koe finished second at 6-3 behind Sweden's Niklas Edin (7-2). Koe faces American John Shuster, who defeated the Canadians in round-robin play, in Thursday's semifinal.
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