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Calgary's Brad Jacobs secured a bye to the men's final at the Canadian curling trials in Halifax a few hours before fellow skip Rachel Homan, from Ottawa, achieved the feat on the women's side Wednesday.
Jacobs (5-1) moved into sole possession of top spot in the men's standings with one draw to go after a 6-2 win over Winnipeg's Matt Dunstone in morning action. Jacobs put the game away with a steal of two in the 10th end.
It was later determined there are no scenarios where Jacobs doesn't finish first after Wednesday evening's final draw of round-robin play.
Dunstone fell into a tie for second at 4-2 with Saskatoon's Mike McEwen and Brad Gushue of St. John's. McEwen defeated Gushue 9-7 Wednesday morning.
Jacobs, the 2014 Olympic champion, was set to face Gushue, the 2006 gold medallist and reigning bronze medallist, on Wednesday night while Dunstone battles McEwen.
The second- and third-ranked teams will meet in a knockout semifinal.
In other early results, Toronto's John Epping defeated Calgary's Kevin Koe 8-4 and Winnipeg's Jordon McDonald edged Saskatoon's Ryan Kleiter 7-6.
Koe was at 3-3 entering the final draw, with Epping at 2-4 and McDonald and Kleiter at 1-5.
WATCH | CBC Sports' Devin Heroux previews Canadian Olympic curling trials:CBC Sports' Devin Heroux previews the upcoming 2025 Canadian Curling Trials from Halifax.Homan edged Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Man., 7-6 on Wednesday to clinch first in the women's round robin.
"That was our goal at the beginning of the week," said Homan. "The field is so tough that we needed everything today to make it to that final and I'm really proud of the girls for battling through.
"[It's] huge. There's no other way to say it. It's a big game for us to get into the final and get a bit of rest [Thursday], get on the ice for a bit and then more of the same looking forward to the weekend."
The two rinks finished the preliminary round with 6-1 records. Homan earned the direct bye to the best-of-three women's final with the head-to-head win.
Homan scored two in the eighth for a 7-4 advantage before Einarson countered with singles in each of the final two ends.
Einarson will face hometown favourite Christina Black in a Thursday semifinal. The final starts Friday.
Black scored three in the 10th end for a 10-6 victory over Kate Cameron of St. Adolphe, Man., to finish tied for third at 4-2 with Winnipeg's Kaitlyn Lawes and Edmonton's Selena Sturmay. She moved on to the semifinal by having the best cumulative last stone draw ranking of the three teams.
The last stone draw is a pre-game competition where two players from each team deliver a stone to the centre of the house. The team closest to the centre wins the hammer for the match.
Black suggested a new "curling god" was on her side, a reference to Colleen Jones. The legendary curler and longtime broadcaster from Halifax died Tuesday at age 65 after being diagnosed with cancer in 2023.
"We came into today and we knew we had to do everything we could do — win our game, and hope things worked out," said Black. "But we also knew there's this new curling god up there, and you always say you pray to the curling gods.
"Well, we have the best one up there now, who's on our side. She's doing everything she can, and we'll just go and leave it all out there like she would. She's a fighter, she doesn't give up — her whole career, her whole life, so, we're like, we can do this."
Lawes recorded four in the 10th for a 9-6 decision over Calgary's Kayla Skrlik while Sturmay defeated Corryn Brown of Kamloops, B.C., 9-4 in nine ends.
The tournament winners will represent Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina, Italy.