Brad Jacobs and Team Canada have won gold in men’s curling at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Games.
Jacobs, third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert scored three in the ninth end to beat Bruce Mouat and Great Britain 9-6 Saturday afternoon at the Cortina Olympic Stadium.
For Jacobs, Kennedy and Hebert it is their second Olympic gold. Kennedy and Hebert won in 2010 with Kevin Martin and Jacobs skipped his team to victory in 2014, the last time Canada had won Olympic gold. Jacobs is the first men’s skip to win two Olympic golds and Kennedy, with three medals—two gold and one bronze—is Canada’s most decorated Olympic curler.
For Gallant it is his first gold medal after winning bronze in 2022 with Brad Gushue.
The two teams won their semifinals Saturday: Jacobs outdueling Magnus Ramsfjell of Norway 9-5 and Mouat beating undefeated Yannick Schwaller of Switzerland 8-5.
The Jacobs foursome, the oldest team in the tournament, finished 7-2 in the round robin and that included a 9-5 win over Mouat who went into the gold-medal game still holding a 13-3 career record against Jacobs.
Team Canada’s Marc Kennedy and Brad Jacobs celebrate against team Great Britain in the Men’s Gold Medal curling at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy on Saturday, February 21, 2026. Photo by Candice Ward/COC
Starting with hammer, Canada went on the offensive immediately, putting Hebert’s first stone into the house and the first end turned into one of precision draws and taps. With an enthusiastic and noisy crowd in the Cortina Olympic Stadium cheering every good shot, Mouat forced Jacobs to draw against three to take a single they didn’t want.
Canada’s efficiency rate – scoring more than a single point with last rock – throughout the tournament was only 38 percent, compared with 61 percent for Great Britain.
Mouat and crew showed why that percentage is higher than Canada’s, taking advantage of three half shots by Gallant, Kennedy and Jacobs to score two on a last-rock draw in the second.
Canada was in some trouble in the third until Kennedy’s pick and roll flipped the end and Jacobs ultimately had a hit-and-stick for the deuce. Great Britain was forced into a single in the fourth and Canada took one in the fifth on a uncharacteristic miss by Jacobs. Trying to blank the fifth to get hammer in the even ends, Jacobs nose hit a tight double take-out.
The back-and-forth battle continued into the sixth when Great Britain gained a little upperhand with two in the sixth. Mouat made a last-rock wide double takeout to score the deuce for a 5-4 edge.
Canada was forced into another single in the seventh after a run back double by Kennedy left one British stone biting the 12 foot. That allowed Mouat to draw behind cover, forcing Jacobs into a run back. When his shooter rolled exposed on the outside, Mouat calmed skimmed a guard, made the hit and stick and forced Jacobs to draw for another single to tie the game 5-5.
