Canada Sees Off Britain in Tense Final to Win Men’s Curling Olympic Gold

Brad Jacobs of Team Canada shakes hands with Grant Hardie of Team Great Britain after the Men's Gold Medal match between Team Canada and Team Great Britain on day fifteen of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 21, 2026. Julian Finney/Getty Images

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy—Brad Jacobs led Canada to their first Olympic men’s curling gold since 2014 after beating Britain 9–6 in a hard-fought final at the Winter Games on Saturday that went down to the wire.

Jacobs, who also masterminded Canada’s success in Sochi in 2014, picked up his second gold medal, as did Marc Kennedy and Ben Hebert—who were both part of Kevin Martin’s winning team in Vancouver in 2010.