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Last Updated: Thu Feb 16 12:10:24 EST 2006
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Canada’s Brad Gushue upped his Olympic curling record to 4-1 Thursday with a 6-5 win over defending men’s gold medallist Paal Trulsen of Norway.
Trulsen fell to 2-3 on the tournament after his final rock of the 10th end rubbed on another stone, leaving Gushue’s shot stone as the decisive point.
Gushue opened the scoring with two points in the first end and one in the second before Trulsen got one back in the third. The Norwegian then stole one in each of the next two ends to even the game, 3-3.
Gushue reclaimed the lead in the seventh, drawing to the four-foot for one, before Trulsen gave up a steal in the eighth to hand Gushue a lead of two.
Trulsen again squared the game in the ninth before Gushue picked up the winning point in the tenth via Trulsen’s missed shot.
In other men’s action on Thursday afternoon, David Murdoch of Great Britain kept pace with Gushue atop the standings with a 7-6 win over Germany’s Andy Kapp, who fell to 1-3. Switzerland’s Ralph Stoeckli evened his record at 2-2 with a 9-7 win over Sean Becker of New Zealand, who fell to 0-5.
Pete Fenson of the United States stunned Sweden’s Peja Lindholm by stealing two in both the ninth and tenth ends for a 10-6 win. Both skips are now 2-2.
Gushue returns to the ice on Friday evening for a game against Finland’s Markku Uusipaavalniemi, who was idle on Thursday afternoon and stands at 2-2.
The Canadian women’s rink, skipped by Shannon Kleibrink, lost to Switzerland on Thursday morning and fell to 2-2. They’ll be back in action Thursday evening against Norway.
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