Olympics-Curling-Canada beat U.S. to win men's curling bronze medal

By Hritika Sharma

BEIJING (Reuters) - Canada won the Olympic bronze medal in the men's curling competition by beating the United States 8-5 at the National Aquatics Centre on Friday.

Brad Gushue, gold medallist at the 2006 Games in Turin, led Canada to victory in a hard-fought contest after U.S. skip John Shuster gave up a steal of two in the ninth end as his team fell three points behind.

The bronze will be Canada's only curling medal at the Beijing Games after their women's and mixed doubles teams did not make the playoffs.

The U.S. had upset Sweden in the 2018 final in Pyeongchang to win their country's first Olympic gold in the sport.

(Reporting by Hritika Sharma; Editing by Ken Ferris)