Canada overcomes cheating allegations to win Olympic gold in men’s curling
AP News • • sports
Key Points:
- Canada’s men’s curling team, led by Brad Jacobs, won Olympic gold by defeating Britain 9-6 at the Milan Cortina Games, overcoming earlier accusations of cheating during the tournament.
- The controversy involved allegations of double-touching the rock, with Canada’s vice skip Marc Kennedy responding emotionally to the accusations, but the team used the incident as motivation to secure the gold.
- This victory marks Canada’s first men’s curling gold since 2014 and adds to their record Olympic curling medal count, with the women’s team also earning bronze earlier in the Games.
- Britain’s men’s team has yet to win Olympic gold since the first Winter Games in 1924, and Switzerland claimed the bronze medal in the men’s
