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Canada skip Brad Jacobs captured his second Olympic men’s curling gold medal in 12 years on Saturday, defeating Bruce Mouat and Great Britain 9-6 in a tightly contested game in Milan.
The match turned in the ninth end, when Canada was able to score three for an 8-6 lead that Mouat and the British rink could not overcome in the 10th.
“I’m proud of my guys. I’m proud of the way that we were able to hang in there throughout that game,” Jacobs told CBC Sports. “To see the look on their faces at the end and celebrating that win is special.”
Jacobs won 2014 gold in Sochi, Russia, while his teammates Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert were last in an Olympic final in 2010, when they won gold in Vancouver. Kennedy and Hebert lost the semifinal when they returned to the Olympics eight years later in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Brett Gallant, the rink’s fourth member, took bronze in 2022 at Beijing.
It’s Mouat’s second straight Olympic silver after falling to Sweden’s Niklas Edin four years ago in Beijing.
Earlier Saturday, Ottawa skip Rachel Homan picked up her first Games medal in three attempts with a 10-7 victory over the United States in the women’s bronze match at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
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