Curling-Jacobs' Canada see off Britain in tense final to win men's curling gold

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 21 : Brad Jacobs led Canada to their first Olympic men's curling gold since 2014 after beating Britain 9-6 in a hard-fought final at the Winter Games on Saturday that went down to the wire.

Jacobs, who also masterminded Canada's success in Sochi in 2014, picked up his second gold medal, as did Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert - who were both part of Kevin Martin's winning team in Vancouver in 2010.

For Canada, it was a triumphant end to a difficult campaign in which they were thrust into the centre of a media storm after being accused of cheating by Sweden during a round-robin game.

"I'm glad it's over and we won. It's very relieving. It's a hard couple of weeks. We went through a lot," Jacobs said.

"To persevere and get through that with everything that happened and all the distractions and all the nonsense. I'm a big believer in the curling gods and we were meant to win this one."

The gold was Canada's fourth in men's competition at the Olympics and seventh overall.

MOUAT SHOCKED

Bruce Mouat's Britain, meanwhile, will go home with another silver medal after faltering at the same stage in Beijing four years ago.

In the build-up to the Games, they were billed as the tournament favourites, a title they earned after becoming the first rink to win four Grand Slams in one campaign in the 2024-25 season. They also won the 2025 world championships.

"I'm just a bit in shock because I felt we were the better team there," Mouat told the BBC.

"Regardless of the result, the amount of people that came out to support us and the messages from back home. We love our sport and if we can take anything away, apart from the silver, it's that we can inspire people to play."

Britain's men's team last struck Olympic gold when