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The Canadian men’s curling team added a second win in as many outings on Thursday at the Beijing Olympics.
Brad Gushue and his teammates beat Norway 6-5 after a 10-5 win over Denmark.
Benefiting from the last pitch in the 10th end, Gushue scored the decisive point with a routine field goal in the four-foot circle.
Each of the teams played without real risk in the middle of the game, when only two points were scored between the third and seventh ends.
Canada gave itself a real chance to win in the eighth end by scoring two with two sets to go to lead 5-3.
Norway replied with two points, but without the hammer in the 10th end, it was difficult to score in the final end.
Both the Canadians and the Norwegians savored the victory when they entered the scene in this round robin involving 10 nations.
In 2018, in Pyeongchang, Kevin Koe and Canada finished the competition in 4th place for the men, ending a streak of three consecutive podiums, from 2006 to 2014.
Friday, the Canadian quartet will be back in action against Switzerland (1:05 a.m., Quebec time).
In other matches on the men’s side, the United Kingdom prevailed 7-5 against Italy, the Russian Olympic Committee won 7-4 against China and Sweden defeated the United States 7-4.
Men’s curling standings :
| Team | GM | V | D |
| 1. Sweden | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1. Canada | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3. Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4. United States | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Russian Olympic Committee | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4. Norway | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 7. Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7. Italy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8. Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10. China | 2 | 0 | 2 |
