Canada wins 3rd straight wheelchair curling gold

If you're wondering what if feels like to win a gold medal in Paralympic wheelchair curling, you'll need to ask a Canadian.

Team Canada put on a clinic against Russia on Saturday, hammering their arch-rivals 8-3 in the gold medal match at the Ice Cube Curling Center to win the medal for the third straight time since the sport was added to the Paralympic Winter Games in 2006.

Skip Jim Armstrong and his rink of Ina Forrest, Dennis Thiessen and Sonja Gaudet all contributed key shots in the victory. All four Canadians finished with over 60 per cent accuracy on their shots, led by Forrest and Gaudet with 88 per cent and 85 per cent, respectively. Gaudet – the opening ceremony flag-bearer – is the only curler to have played on the 2006 and 2010 teams.

The silver medal represents Russia's first medal in wheelchair curling.

Canada and Russia went into the final as the last two world champions in the sport. Canada is the current title holder, winning in 2013, while Russia won the crown in 2012. Canada beat Russia 5-4 in the round-robin match earlier in the event.

After compiling a 7-2 record in round-robin play, Canada advanced to the final by defeating China 5-4 in a very tense semifinal earlier in the day.

Russia, meanwhile, breezed into the final with an 8-1 record in the round robin and a 13-4 thrashing of Great Britain in its own semifinal.

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