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Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated Great Britain’s Bruce Mouat 9-5 on Tuesday to secure a men’s curling playoff spot at the Winter Olympics.
Jacobs and his Calgary-based team of Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert scored three points in the seventh end and followed with back-to-back singles.
Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller was in first place at 7-0 and Canada was next at 6-1.
The top four teams in the 10-team draw will advance to the semifinals on Thursday night.
Canada will play Joel Retornaz of host Italy on Wednesday afternoon and Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell on Thursday morning.
The gold-medal game will be played Saturday at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
WATCH | Jacobs tops Mouat:
Brad Jacobs beats world No. 1 Mouat, Canada secures spot in Olympic semifinals
Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based rink are guaranteed to play for an Olympic medal after defeating Great Britain’s Bruce Mouat 9-5. Canada sits in second place with a 6-1 record, while Great Britain falls to 4-4.
Homan wins 3rd straight
Canada’s Rachel Homan defeated Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg 8-6 on Tuesday afternoon in women’s curling round-robin play at the Winter Olympics.
Homan’s Ottawa-based side of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes scored a deuce in the 10th end to hand Sweden (6-1) its first loss of the competition.
Homan made a nose hit for the victory.
WATCH | Canadians end Sweden’s unbeaten run at Milano Cortina 2026:
Canada’s Homan hands Sweden’s Hasselborg 1st loss at Milano Cortina 2026
Rachel Homan and her Ottawa-based rink defeats Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg 8-6 at the Milano-Cortina Winter Games. Canada improves to 4-3 and is tied for fourth place with South Korea, while Sweden falls to 6-1.
Canada improved to 4-3 with two games remaining.
Homan was scheduled to return to Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Wednesday against host Italy.
Her round-robin finale was set for Thursday against South Korea’s Eunji Gim.
