Team Canada has qualified for the 2024 World Men’s Curling Championships in Schauffhausen, Switzerland. Team Canada won the gold medal at the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championship at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, British Columbia. The top five teams from the 2023 Pan Continental Curling Championship qualified for the 2024 World Men’s Curling Championships.
The Canadian men’s curling team consisted of Canadian Olympic champions Brad Gushue (skip) and third Mark Nichols (third), both from St. John’s, Newfoundland, and second EJ Harnden of Sault. Ste. Marie, Ontario, along with Geoff Walker of Beaverlodge, Alberta. Gushue and Nichols won the gold medal for Canada 2006 Winter Olympics in Turinwhile Harnden won the gold medal 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
In the final, Canada defeated South Korea 8-3. In the final, Canada stole two points in the sixth end and another two points in the seventh end. After the fifth final score, Canada and South Korea were tied with two points each. After seven games, Canada had a 6-2 lead.
This was the second consecutive year Gushue led Canada to a gold medal at the Pan Continental Curling Championship. Last year in Calgary, Alberta, Canada defeated South Korea 11-3 in the gold medal game.
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