Team Canada has improved to a record of four wins and one loss in the 2026 Olympic men’s curling tournament from Cortina, Italy. On Sunday, Canada defeated China by a score of 6-3.
The Canadian team skipped by Brad Jacobs of Sault. Ste. Marie. Ontario, had a key stolen point in the fourth end to go up 2-0, picked up the deuce with the hammer in the sixth end to go up 4-2, and then stole two points in the eighth end to take a commanding 6-2 lead. Team Canada was able to take a commanding four point lead in the eighth end when Chinese skip Xiaoming Xu was unable to remove two Canadian stones.
With the win, Canada improved to a record of four wins and one loss. The only team above Canada in the standings is Switzerland, which has a perfect record of five wins and zero losses. Switzerland’s Yannick Schwaller is the only team to beat Canada to date as they won 9-5 on Saturday.
On Sunday, the Canadian focus will be on Rachel Homan and the women’s program. Team Canada basically needs to go undefeated just to make the playoffs after losing to Great Britain and Switzerland on Saturday. The Canadians have actually lost three straight games, as they also were beaten 9-8 by the United States on Friday. Canada is 1-3 and will play China at 1am MT on Monday, Japan at 11am MT on Monday, Sweden at 6am MT on Tuesday, Italy at 11am MT on Wednesday, and South Korea at 6am MT on Thursday.
