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GANGNEUNG — In the end, there were just too many mistakes, too many half shots and too much indecision for Rachel Homan’s team to be successful at the Olympics.

As a result, the Canadian women are going home without a medal for the first time in Olympic curling competition.

Homan’s team fell to a jaw-dropping record of 3-5 on Wednesday morning with a 6-5 loss to Great Britain’s Eve Muirhead.

Like a dagger to the heart, Muirhead sealed Canada’s fate by scoring two points in the 10th end for the victory.

“I’m just a little bit disappointed,” said Homan, who curls out of Ottawa with Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney and Lisa Weagle. “We wanted to try to make the playoffs for Canada. But we gave it all we had, we never gave up and that’s the way it goes sometimes with sport.”

The Canadians started with three straight losses at the Gangneung Curling Centre, bounced back to win their next three, but reverted to their struggles in their last two games, falling to China and Great Britain.