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Brad Gushue picked up his second Elite 10 title, and 11th Grand Slam of Curling championship, defeating Reid Carruthers 1 UP in the final.
The reigning Olympic champion made an incredible angle-raise double takeout that led to a steal in the fifth end, as she beat Silvana Tirinzoni 4-and-2.
Olympic champion Anna Hasselborg of Sweden defeated Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni on Sunday to win the inaugural Elite 10 women's championship to open the Grand Slam of Curling season.
Ottawa skip Rachel Homan advanced to the semifinals of the Elite 10 by defeating Casey Scheidegger of Lethbridge, Alta., in Saturday's early draw at the Grand Slam of Curling event.
Sweden's Niklas Edin is a household name in the curling world — he's the reigning world champion and won a silver medal at the 2018 Olympics. But after having most of his Olympic funding pulled last season, the team is now in serious jeopardy of not being able to compete in future events.
Carruthers went undefeated in the round robin and joins Brad Gushue in the semifinals of the Elite 10.
The playoff matchups are set for the Elite 10. Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones and Olympic gold medallists Anna Hasselborg from Sweden have advanced through to the women's semifinals at the first Grand Slam of Curling bonspiel of the year after finishing round-robin play undefeated.
Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones is the first skip to earn a spot in the playoffs at the Elite 10. Jones has a 3-0-0-0 record and nine points after scoring a 3 & 2 victory over Edmonton's Laura Walker in Thursday's evening draw.
Katrina Frlan recently launched a weekly YouTube program that has left curling fans astonished by how much she knows about the game. The reason they're so surprised? Katrina is just 11 years old.
Rachel Homan's Ottawa rink beat reigning Olympic champ Anna Hasselborg of Sweden 7-3 on Sunday to win the women's title at the inaugural Curling World Cup. Earlier in the day, Edmonton-based Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres prevailed in mixed doubles.
Canada prevailed in the inaugural World Cup of Curling, winning the mixed doubles final on Saturday night over the U.S. Canadians Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres defeated Americans Sarah Anderson and Korey Dropkin 7-3 from Suzhou, China.