Canadian curlers cap off crazy Olympics with a gold medal victory
To say it’s been an eventful Olympics for the Canadian men’s curling team would be an understatement.
There were controversies, there were profanity-laced tirades, there were threats against the family of curler Marc Kennedy. Heck, we even learned about one of the curlers not eating for almost five days before the Olympics.
Looks like the unorthodox preparation routine paid off.
Perhaps lost in all of the hoopla was the fact that Brad Jacobs and his team curled magnificently throughout the Olympics, posting a record of 9-2 throughout the competition.
The veteran group, led by Brad Jacobs, capped off an incredible run at the Milano Cortina Olympics with a gold medal on Saturday.
It was a fantastic back-and-forth affair, with both teams alternating like madmen between lead changes and ties.
Then, in the ninth end, Jacobs and company took charge.
The 40-year-old veteran sent his rock down the ice, knocking Great Britain’s lone stone out of the house.
Here was the ninth end shot by Canadaās Brad Jacobs that led to a gold medal victory. š„
— Trevor Beggs (@TrevBeggs) February 21, 2026
That shot scored three points for Canada, where they overtook Great Britain for an 8-6 lead at the time.
They made no mistake in the 10th-end, adding another point en route to a golden 9-6 victory.
It had been a long-awaited gold medal triumph for all four members of Team Canada.
Jacobs last won gold during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which was the last time Canada’s men’s team struck gold in curling.
Both Kennedy and Ben Hebert were on Canada’s gold medal-winning team in 2010. They waited 16 years for their moment to step back on top of the curling world.
Kennedy also won bronze for Canada at the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, alongside 2026 teammate Brett Gallant.
Richmond, B.C.’s Tyler Tardi was the other gold medal-winning member of the squad.
With the women taking home bronze earlier in the day, it marked the first time since the 2014 Olympics that both the men’s and women’s curling teams medaled at the Olympics.