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Skip Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based rink will play for an Olympic gold medal on Saturday against Great Britain after a 5-4 semifinal win over Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell on Thursday night in Italy.
Norway scored the only deuce of the game in the 10th end to tie the match, but Jacobs made no mistake carrying the hammer into the extra frame.
Jacobs and British counterpart Bruce Mouat will battle for gold on Saturday in a 1:05 p.m. ET start at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
The Canadians haven’t won an Olympic gold medal in curling since 2014 in Sochia, Russia, where Jacobs led a different team to victory.
Norway and Switzerland, which dropped an 8-5 decision to Great Britain in the other semifinal for its first loss of the tournament, will play for the bronze medal on Friday at 1:05 p.m.
Canada and Norway also met earlier Thursday, with the Norwegians outlasting Canada 8-6 at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
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Canada’s Brad Jacobs will play for Olympic gold after defeating Norway in extra end
Canada’s Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based rink defeats Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell 5-4 in the men’s curling semifinals at Milano Cortina 2026. Jacobs will face world No. 1 Bruace Mouat of Great Britain in the gold-medal game on Saturday.
Norway took an early lead, scoring three in the first end and never trailed across the game.
Jacobs and company trimmed Norway’s advantage to 7-5 in the sixth end, then stole one in the seventh, but couldn’t completely close the gap.
The Canadians finished second in the 10-team round-robin with a 7-2 record.