Curling: Canada beat Switzerland to win first mixed-doubles gold

[February 13, 2018]  By Steve Keating

GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) - Canada were crowned the first Olympics mixed-doubles curling champions on Tuesday, claiming gold with a 10-3 blowout win over world champions Switzerland.

The victory placed John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes in elite company, the Canadians adding their names to a short list of four curlers who have won two Olympic gold medals.

Lawes, a member of Canada's gold medal women's team in Sochi and Morris, part of the men's gold medal foursome at the 2010 Vancouver Games, got the Pyeongchang Games off to a rocky start dropping their opener but that would be their only blemish on an otherwise spotless run to the gold medal.

Jenny Perret and Martin Rios added an Olympic silver to their world championship title while the husband and wife team of Aleksandr Krushelnitckiy and Anastasia Bryzgalova took the bronze for Olympic Athletes from Russia.

(Editing by Amlan Chakraborty)

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Kaitlyn Lawes of Canada and John Morris of Canada celebrate winning the gold medals. REUTERS/Cathal Mcnaughton