Canada’s Brad Gushue downed Japan’s Riku Yanagisawa 8-2 on Saturday in the men’s semifinal of the Pan Continental Curling Championships in Calgary.
Gushue’s rink from St. John’s will take on third-seed Byeongjin Jeong of South Korea in Sunday’s gold-medal game.
The South Koreans defeated second-seed Korey Dropkin of the United States 9-6 to lock up a spot in the tournament’s final.
Japan conceded after the eighth end when Canada stole a single point.
The men’s bronze-medal game between the United States and Japan was later Saturday.
Canada’s Kerri Einarson is facing third-seeded Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan in the women’s semifinals.
Kerri Einarson ???????? putting the pressure on Japan with this double takeout to lie shot behind a guard! <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PCCC2022?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#PCCC2022</a> <a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/curling?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#curling</a> <br>Watch live on the Curling Channel at <a href=”https://t.co/fy3vfdBx89″>https://t.co/fy3vfdBx89</a> <a href=”https://t.co/PfEp38tRkJ”>pic.twitter.com/PfEp38tRkJ</a>
—@worldcurling
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