Brad Gushue prepares for world curling championship ‘like it could be the last’

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The veteran skip from St. John's, N.L., won the world title in 2017 and lost in the final three times, including the last two years.

WATCH ABOVE: Team Gushue overtook Team Saskatchewan with a 9-5 win to claim the Brier Tankard – Mar 11, 2024The veteran skip from St. John’s, N.L., won the world title in 2017 and lost in the final three times, including the last two years. The 43-year-old isn’t taking his future for granted.

“Hopefully we’ve got a few more left but I don’t think we can assume that’s going to happen.”Click to share quote on Twitter: "Hopefully we've got a few more left but I don't think we can assume that's going to happen." The men’s curling championship begins Saturday at the KSS Sports Complex. The 13 teams will play a round robin with the top six advancing to the playoffs and semifinals next Saturday. The winner will be crowned April 7.Flair Airlines is now Canada’s lone low-cost carrier. Can it rise to the moment?Gushue understands how hard it is to win a world title. He lost last year’s final 9-3 to Scotland’s Bruce Mouat and in 2022 was beaten 8-6 by Sweden’s Niklas Edin. He also lost the 2018 final to Edin.

Rachel Homan ended a four-year drought for Canada by winning the women’s world curling championship with a 7-5 win over Switzerland’s Silvana Tirinzoni on Sunday in Sydney, N.S.Flair Airlines is now Canada’s lone low-cost carrier. Can it rise to the moment?“I think Canadian curling fans are fully understanding of world curling now and how challenging it is.”

 

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