Canada break Scottish hearts with gold medal win at the World Mixed Curling Championships in Aberdeen
BySportsbeat
Updated 23/10/2022 at 09:19 GMT
Scotland were hoping to win the World Mixed Curling Championships on home ice in Aberdeen, but were unable to overcome Canada in the final. After edging past Sweden in the semi-final, Scotland faced a sterner test in the final. Canada, who blitzed the Swiss in their own semi-final match-up, gradually took control of a hotly-contested final to finish as world champions.
Brad Gushue's Canada have secured a World Curling Championships play-off spot
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Canada defeated Scotland to claim World Mixed Curling Championship gold in Aberdeen on Saturday afternoon.
Scotland reached the final on Saturday morning, edging past Sweden in another nail-biting test.
With the score 5-5 after eight ends, one score in the extra end sealed a place in the final for Scotland, with skip Cameron Bryce, Robyn Munro, Scott Hyslop and Lisa Davie in with a chance of becoming world champions on home ice in Aberdeen.
Meanwhile, Canada's victory was much more comprehensive as they comfortably defeated Switzerland with two ends to spare.
Having scored five in the sixth end to move into a 9-4 lead, the Canadian quartet of Jean-Michel Menard, Marie-France Larouche, Ian Belleau and Annie Lemay moved into the final with their Swiss opponents conceding early.
The final was hotly contested early on, with the score 4-4 after the opening four ends.
However, one score in each of the next three ends saw the Canadians move to a 7-4 lead with just one end left to play, and Scotland conceded to hand the title to their opponents.
In the third-place playoff, Switzerland defeated Sweden 6-4 to seal a spot on the podium.
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