21 February 2026
Canada are Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Champions
With a strong second-half performance that saw them score a crucial three points in the ninth end, Canada won men’s gold in Saturday evening’s Olympic final, beating Great Britain by 9-6.
Canada started the game with last stone advantage, and when their skip Brad Jacobs came to play his last shot of the first end, he was facing three British stones already sitting in the house. However, he made a comfortable draw inside them all to open the scoring with one point.
Great Britain had two counting stones in the house when Canada’s Jacobs attempted a cross-house double take-out with his first stone of the second end. He missed his second target, allowing British skip Bruce Mouat to replace one of his stones, to lie two again. This time round, Jacobs simply took out the back British stone, allowing Mouat another open draw with his second stone, to score two points and take a 2-1 lead.
In the third end, Great Britain’s Mouat took out a Canadian stone with his last, to lie one. But that stone was in the open, giving Jacobs a straightforward job of hitting it out, to score two from the end and take a 3-2 lead.
British skip Mouat slightly mis-judged his first stone of the fourth end and was facing three Canadian counters when he came to play his second stone of the end. This time, he got it right, to hit out and nudge his own stone onto the button, scoring one point to level the game at 3-3.
In the fifth, Canada tried to blank the end, but Jacobs’s double clear-out left his own stone still in the house to give Canada a score of one and a 4-3 lead at the break.
In the sixth end, Mouat played a double take-out across the house, to score two points and move onto a 5-4 lead. Great Britain then had two stones on opposite wings in the seventh end, forcing Canada’s Jacobs to draw for one point, to tie the game at 5-5.
In the eighth end, the situation was reversed, with Mouat facing two Canadian counters as he played his last. He produced a nose-hit to score one point and move onto a 6-5 lead.
With last stone in the end, Canada built up the ninth so that, when British skip Mouat came to play his last stone, Canada had three counters. Mouat’s attempted freeze left just too much room between stones and, with his last shot, Canada’s Jacobs was able to pick out the British stone, to score three and take an 8-6 lead.
The tenth end saw Mouat having to take out two Canada stones to score two and force an extra end. However, Mouat’s last strike was too straight, leaving one Canada stone in scoring position, to give Canada a steal of one for the 9-6 Olympic gold win.
Following his gold medal win, Canadian skip Brad Jacobs said, “I’m glad it’s over and we won. Very relieved — it’s a hard couple of weeks and we went through a lot and to persevere and get through that after everything that happened. I’m a big believer in the curling gods and we were meant to win this one.
“We just sought to weather the storm a bit. We didn’t come out with our best, really, but in those games — those big, big games — we’ve learnt that you’ve just got to keep it close towards the end and don’t make any stupid mistakes, just keep plugging away and making shots, and hopefully like I said if it’s meant to be, then something’s going to go your way. Certainly in the ninth and tenth ends we were able to get the game into the last stages and that’s where we got a couple of breaks and we were able to get it done.”
A dejected Bruce Mouat said, “Two time Olympic medallist sounds cool, but… just wish it was the other colour.
“We have no regrets. We put out everything we had, just a bit disappointed that it didn’t come up for us.”
The Canada gold medal winning team was Brad Jacobs (skip), Marc Kennedy (third), Brett Gallant (second), Ben Hebert (lead), Tyler Tardi (alternate), supported by Paul Webster (coach) and Jeff Stoughton (national coach).
The Great Britian silver medal team was Bruce Mouat (skip), Grant Hardie (third), Bobby Lammie (second), Hammy McMillan (lead), Kyle Waddell (alternate), supported by Michael Goodfellow (coach) and Greg Drummond (national coach).
The curling action of the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games will come to a close on Sunday afternoon, when Sweden and Switzerland compete in the women’s Olympic final.
Find all results from the men’s team competition at Milano Cortina 2026 here.
All times are Central European Time (CET) which is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) +1.
Join the World Curling community!
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, X, TikTok, LinkedIn and Weibo and by searching the hashtag #curling #MilanoCortina2026
Sign up for the World Curling Newsletter and receive monthly updates directly to your inbox.
