Canada's Brad Jacobs falls to Norway ahead of Olympic curling semifinal rematch

Canada's Brad Jacobs wrapped round-robin play with an 8-6 loss to Magnus Ramsfjell of Norway in men's Olympic curling on Thursday.

The result left Canada sitting second in the standings with a 7-2 record.

The two teams will play again in the semifinals later on Thursday, while undefeated Switzerland will play Great Britain.

The Norwegians jumped out to an early lead in the round-robin finale, scoring three in the first end and never trailed across the game.

Jacobs and his Calgary-based team cut their deficit to 7-5 in the sixth end, then stole one in the seventh, but couldn't completely close the gap.

Canada hasn't won a gold medal in curling since Sochi 2014, when Jacobs led the team to victory.