Team Mouat and Scotland win gold at Curling World Champions, defeating hosts Canada 9-3
BySportsbeat
Updated 10/04/2023 at 13:18 GMT
Team Mouat roared to a 9-3 world final victory over hosts Canada to clinch their first-ever world title in style. The victory in Ottawa on Sunday night was enough to clinch the first world title in 14 years at the TD Place Arena. Scotland were 6-1 up at the halfway stage and held on for what ended up being a comfortable victory. Bruce Mouat captained the team of Hardie, Lammie and McMillan.
Scotland seal gold at World Curling Championships
Team Mouat left their best performance until last as they over powered hosts Canada and soared to a flawless World Championship victory in Ottawa.
Scotland clinched a 9-3 win over their opponents in a high-stakes final showdown, with the winning rink all shooting at over 90 per cent accuracy.
Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan started on the right foot and never let Canada hold a stake in the game, grabbing victory in just eight ends.
An unexpectedly comfortable victory according to the Scottish skip.
"I didn't expect the final to go that way," said Mouat.
"I just can't really believe it happened the way it did.
"It felt like we were going to have to play a shot to win it in the 10th or 11th end, so it was just an unbelievable performance from all of the guys.
"To bring a game like that in a championship final means a lot."
Team Mouat have now completed a full set of World Championship medal, having won silver in 2021 and bronze in 2018.
A textbook start against Brad Gushue's home side put Scotland ahead by two after the second end and forcing the Canadian's to take solitary singles.
Gushue overshot a crucial stone early on which allowed his opposition to extend their lead and seal the deal.
And with the title of World Champions now on their back, Team Mouat are already looking ahead to overcoming their 2022 Olympic final disappointment in Milan-Cortina and adding Olympic gold to their CV.
"Having such a big lead early on made me more nervous," he said.
"Obviously you're in a game like that, then you have to defend that lead and that made things a bit more anxious for me, but we managed to keep our cool I think.
"It was absolutely amazing. We shot the lights out.
"We needed an A-plus game to win a world final, which is what we said to one another this morning.
"We're going to keep going to try to get to the Olympics and hopefully re-create something like what we did today.
"That's the goal for all of us and is exactly why we're still together right now.
"It's going to be a long four years, but we're definitely ready to go."
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