2026 Olympic Games: Great Britain leads Canada in tight gold-medal curling match

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A small error by Canada allowed Mouat an opening for the double takeout attempt to score two. He delivered precision under pressure, making Canada pay for its mistake. 

Mouat with a double for two in the sixth end. It's now 5-4 in this riveting curling game. 

Canada has the hammer in the seventh.

Britain and Canada exchanged single points in the fourth and fifth end, with Jacobs missing a blank attempt with the last throw of the fifth to count one. 

Canada leads 4-3 and Great Britain has the hammer in the sixth. 

Canada applied all sorts of pressure in the fourth end. If Jacobs hadn't just missed his last throw, it might have been a steal. Great Britain was forced to a single. 

It’s 3-3 heading into the fifth end. Canada has the hammer.

The third end brought a slight momentum shift in this game. Jacobs delivered a beauty with the final stone of the end to remove Great Britain's shot stone and score two. 

Just a great end of curling by the Canadians. They put two up on the board and take a 3-2 lead on Great Britain. 

To the fourth end we go. The Brits have the hammer.

In the second, Britain's third Grant Hardie fired a heavyweight double with his first shot to remove two Canadian stones from the rings and roll his shooter behind protection. 

Team Canada struggled to respond, leaving Mouat with an open draw to score two, taking the lead and flipping last-rock advantage in their favour.

The Brits score two in the second end and take a 2-1 lead.

Jacobs and company just a little off to start the game. The margins are going to be so slim in this game.

A single to start for the Canadians. This is going to be a heavyweight tilt. 

Great Britain has the hammer in the second end.

Canada's Olympic curling controversy, explained

Team Canada’s men’s and women’s Olympic curling teams found themselves at the centre of a controversy after the Sweden’s men’s and Switzerland women’s teams accused Canada of double touching the rock last Friday and Saturday. Both Team Rachel Homan and Team Brad Jacobs have denied the allegations. Former Olympic curling champion Jennifer Jones explains the cheating accusations and what they mean.

The controversy over whether some Canadian curlers during the Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics have been guilty of "double-touching" the stone after its release has also raised the question: does it make any difference?

"No. The double-touching that I've seen has been incidental contact, and that's fingers brushing, or hand brushing, on a 40-pound piece of granite," said Eugene Hritzuk, a Canadian curler based in Saskatoon who has been involved in competitive curling and coaching for more than 60 years.

"What can fingers brushing against a 40-pound piece of granite do in any event? You need the palm on your hand against that stone to do anything."

The issue came up during a round robin match last week. Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson accused Kennedy of breaking the rules by touching the granite of the stone with his finger after he let go of the rock.

That resulted in a fiery, profanity-laced exchange on the ice between Kennedy and Eriksson.

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