Canada’s Brad Gushue defeated Czechia’s Lukas Klima 9-8 in an additional finish on Saturday on the world males’s curling championship.
Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., made a hit-and-stick for the victory within the round-robin opener on the IWC Enviornment.
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His workforce of Mark Nichols, E.J. Harnden and Geoff Walker was scheduled to play Germany’s Marc Muskatewitz later within the day.
In different early video games, American John Shuster opened with a 5-3 win over Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller and Sweden’s Niklas Edin dumped Wouter Goesgens of the Netherlands 8-1.
Defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland posted a 10-3 victory over South Korea’s Jongduk Park.
The highest six groups within the 13-team area will qualify for the weekend playoffs. Canada is searching for its first gold medal at this occasion since Gushue’s 2017 title in Edmonton.
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