The road to the Olympic Games is long, but donning the Maple Leaf is reachable for eight men's and eight women's curling teams competing in Canada's pre-trials starting Monday.

The men's and women's winners of the Home Hardware Canadian Curling Pre-Trials in Wolfville, N.S., advance to November's trials where Canada's teams for the 2026 Winter Games will emerge.

Teams made it to pre-trials based on their 2024-25 national rankings.

For Jayden King's London Curling Club team all under the age of 24, and fresh out of the junior and university ranks, the pre-trials is a milestone in their young curling careers.

"It's definitely an event you circle on the calendar," King said. "We just approach it as a great opportunity to not only play against some of the best in Canada, but just kind of l

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