Canada’s Brad Gushue improved to 3-0 following an 8-4 win over defending champion Bruce Mouat of Scotland on the world males’s curling championship on Sunday.
The sport was a rematch of the 2023 gold-medal last. Sunday’s victory now permits Canada to be forward of Scotland in any head-to-head tiebreakers.
“I do know it’s early within the week, however these are the issues you concentrate on if you play a number of the prime groups,” Gushue mentioned.
“They’re going to be round on the finish of the week, and hopefully, we’re as nicely.”
Gushue, from St. John’s, N.L., jumped out to a 4-1 edge by means of 5 ends earlier than Mouat made a push.
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The Scottish rink made it a 6-4 recreation within the eighth finish. A couple of missed pictures from Canada vice-skip Mark Nichols and Gushue allowed Mouat to attain as many as three however settled for 2.
“Happily we obtained a miss from Bruce that solely allowed it to be two,” Gushue mentioned. “Aside from that, I believed we managed the sport.
“There have been no ends that have been actually scary, and I feel that exhibits how nicely (lead) Geoff (Walker) and (second) E.J. (Harnden) set us up, which is essential towards a group like Bruce’s.”
Nevertheless, Gushue was capable of reply with two of his personal within the ninth earlier than Mouat conceded the sport.
Canada now sits atop the standings, with Sweden’s Niklas Edin additionally at 3-0.
Gushue subsequent performs the top-ranked group on the earth in Italy’s Joel Retornaz on Monday.
Canada’s skip Brad Gushue delivers a stone towards the Czech Republic on the males’s Curling World Championships in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Saturday, March 30, 2024.
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