Canada Beats US Behind Gushue To Win Olympic Curling Bronze
Feb 18, 2022, 6:22 AM | Updated: 10:00 am
BEIJING (AP) — Sixteen years after he won the Olympic curling gold medal, Brad Gushue is going back to Canada with bronze.
The Canadians capitalized on a missed final shot by American John Shuster in the second-to-last end that turned a one-point edge into an insurmountable 8-5 lead.
Gushue won gold in Turin in 2006.
Brilliant! 🥌👏
Canada earn the #Curling – men's #Bronze medal in a hard-fought game!#Beijing2022 | #StrongerTogether | @TeamCanada pic.twitter.com/3CsJ3S03or
— Olympics (@Olympics) February 18, 2022
Back then he shared a podium with bronze medalist Shuster.
This time, the Canadian skip knocked his American counterpart off of it.
We came up short and congratulate Canada on winning bronze.
It was an incredible ride with all of you once again.
Thank you to every @usacurling fan and all the new #curling diehards who became fans over the last few weeks.
We heard you.
We felt you with us.
We thank you. 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/eeE4OOz2CZ— Team Shuster (@TeamShuster) February 18, 2022
Shuster has been back at every Winter Games since and won it all in Pyeongchang.
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