I was born and grew up and raised at the Curling Club. That club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, *** place with *** down to earth approach to the sport. It was so nice growing up there. Some curling clubs have more of *** commercial business feel, and then there's curling clubs that have *** real homey feel, and Brimstones is top of the list in terms of. That home club feel, um, and that's like one of the things, probably the thing I appreciate most about Brimstones. Dropkin learned precision, teamwork, and strategy there. Three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, *** bronze medal at the Junior Olympics. You know, it was that moment where I was like, wow, this is incredible. Like look at this medal. Now I want some more of this. Unfortunately, international success eluded him until now. With his mixed doubles partner Corey Thiessen, he's headed to his first Olympic Games, something he visualized would happen for *** very long time. It's just knowing that if I keep my head down, if I keep working hard, and if I keep dreaming big, that one day I can get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn't been smooth sailing, but if I don't, if I don't let up, if I don't. You know, if I keep going, I can get there. And now he's there. Dropkin and Thiessen playfully use the nickname Corey and Corey to reference their team. On the road to Milan Cortina, I'm Fletcher Mackle.
US curler Korey Dropkin is now an Olympic medalist. His Games appearance was a long time coming
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Updated: 3:19 PM EST Feb 10, 2026
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As a child, Korey Dropkin watched Olympic curling on TV, and it was love at first sight."I was born and raised growing up at the curling club," Dropkin said.On Tuesday, Dropkin and his mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse became the first U.S. team to medal in Olympic mixed doubles. Thiesse is the first American woman to medal in Olympic curling. The pair got silver.Sweden's brother-and-sister team of Isabella and Rasmus Wranå won gold in mixed doubles curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics.Dropkin's club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, is a place with a down-to-earth approach to the sport."It was so nice growing up there. You know, some clubs have a commercial, business-like feel, and then there's curling clubs that have a real homey feel, and Broomstones is top of the list in having that home club feel," Dropkin said. Dropkin learned precision, teamwork and strategy there, three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics."It was that moment when I was like, this is incredible, like look at this medal, now I want some more of this," Dropkin said.International success eluded him until his Milan Cortina Games appearance."Just knowing that if I keep my head down and I keep working hard and dreaming big, I could get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn't been smooth sailing, but if I don't let up, if I keep going, I can get there," Dropkin said ahead of his Olympic debut.The Associated Press contributed to this report.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=
As a child, Korey Dropkin watched Olympic curling on TV, and it was love at first sight.
"I was born and raised growing up at the curling club," Dropkin said.
On Tuesday, Dropkin and his mixed doubles partner Cory Thiesse became the first U.S. team to medal in Olympic mixed doubles. Thiesse is the first American woman to medal in Olympic curling. The pair got silver.
Sweden's brother-and-sister team of Isabella and Rasmus Wranå won gold in mixed doubles curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
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Korey Dropkin and Cory Thiesse of Team United States celebrate after winning the Curling Mixed Doubles semi-finals match between Team Italy and Team United States.
Dropkin's club, Broomstones in Wayland, Massachusetts, is a place with a down-to-earth approach to the sport.
"It was so nice growing up there. You know, some clubs have a commercial, business-like feel, and then there's curling clubs that have a real homey feel, and Broomstones is top of the list in having that home club feel," Dropkin said.
Dropkin learned precision, teamwork and strategy there, three core principles he mastered, resulting in early success, a bronze medal at the Junior Olympics.
"It was that moment when I was like, this is incredible, like look at this medal, now I want some more of this," Dropkin said.
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USA’s silver medalists Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin hold up their medals on the podium of the curling mixed doubles event during the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.
International success eluded him until his Milan Cortina Games appearance.
"Just knowing that if I keep my head down and I keep working hard and dreaming big, I could get there, and it might not be smooth because it hasn't been smooth sailing, but if I don't let up, if I keep going, I can get there," Dropkin said ahead of his Olympic debut.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
