The U.S. duo of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin stole crucial single points in the first and sixth ends, and then a crushing double in the seventh, to end Canada’s gold-medal hopes
Canada’s Jennifer Jones and Brent Laing will play for the bronze medal after falling 6-2 to the United States in a semi-final match at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Friday.
The U.S. duo of Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin stole crucial single points in the first and sixth ends, and then a crushing deuce in the seventh, to end Canada’s gold-medal hopes.Jones and Laing will play Norway’s Martine Roenning and Mathias Braenden in Saturday’s bronze-medal game Saturday.Japan topped Norway 5-4 in the other semi-final.
Canada earned a direct trip to the semi-final game after finishing 8-1 in the round robin and first in Pool A, while the United States, which finished second in Pool B at 7-2, had to beat Scotland 8-6 in an earlier qualifying match to advance to the semi.
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