May 21, 2021 - 6:46 AM
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada has clinched a spot in the mixed doubles curling competition in next year's Beijing Olympics.
Kerri Einarson and Brad Gushue wrapped up the berth with a 7-6 win over the Czech Republic on Friday at the world mixed doubles championship.
The win pushed Einarson and Gushue to 6-2 and locked up a top-seven finish at the 20-team event, the cutoff for an Olympic berth.
Canada's final round-robin game is later Friday against Russia.
Canada is tied for second with Italy in Group A, behind 7-1 Scotland.
Einarson, from Camp Morton, Man., and Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored one in the eighth and final end to edge the Czech Republic's Zuzana Paulova and Tomas Paul.