Canada’s Jones, Laing fall to Norway in bronze-medal game at mixed doubles curling worlds | CBC Sports

Martine Roenning and Mathias Braenden of Norway stole singles in the fourth, fifth and eighth ends to defeat Team Canada 6-2 in the bronze-medal game at the world mixed doubles curling championship on Saturday in Gangneung, South Korea.

Canada’s Jennifer Jones and husband Brent Laing finished the round robin portion of the 20-country event on top of Group A with an 8-1 record. Norway finished tied for second in Group B with a 7-2 record.

In the fourth end against Norway, Jones attempted a tap for two, but it didn’t curl enough, giving Norway one point for a 3-1 lead.

In the fifth end, Jones faced a slash into a pile of Norwegian stones, but missed the stone completely, giving the Norwegians another steal, for a 4-1 advantage.

Jones made a game-saving tap for a single in the sixth end on their power-play, making the score 4-2.

Norway’s Roenning made a draw to the button on their power-play for one point and a 5-2 lead as they played the eighth end.

In the final end, with the angles favouring Norway, Jones attempted a raise takeout to generate multiple points but missed, giving Norway the win.

Canada was beaten 6-2 by the United States in the semifinals, dropping them to the third-place game. Norway lost 6-5 to Japan in the other semifinal.

“[I feel] Incredible right now. If you told me [this would happen] a couple of weeks ago, I’d be super happy. I think Thomas [our coach] helped us during the week and it worked out really good,” said Braenden.

Japan and the United States are in the gold-medal final.