Canadians fall short of gold at 2024 World Men’s Curling Championship.

For a record seventh time, Swedish curler Niklas Edin and his rink are the world champions, having defeated Team Canada for the title on Sunday morning.

While it was not the outcome the Canadians wanted, skip Brad Gushue and his rink mounted an impressive comeback, needing the last rock of the match to decide a winner.

“We fought, made a lot of shots and we forced them to play a very, very difficult shot,” Gushue said to Curling Canada staff after the loss.

“I think that’s a shot you probably miss more than you make, to be honest. Credit to him, he made a great shot and no better way for him to win a world championship, but it kind of sucks for us.”

Skip Gushue, vice-skip Mark Nichols, second EJ Harnden, lead Geoff Walker, alternate Kyle Doering, coach Caleb Flaxey and national coach Jeff Stoughton came into Sunday’s final without the hammer after finishing the round-robin in second place, with their only losses to Italy and Sweden.

For Gushue, this was his fifth trip to the World Men’s Curling Championship final, winning it all in 2017, but since had to settle for silver in three tournaments before Sunday’s match.

After falling behind 3-0 in the final, Gushue made a hit for a deuce in the fourth end, bringing the match within a point.

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Neither team scored in the fifth end before both rinks swapped singles in the sixth, seventh and eighth ends, earning Sweden a 5-3 lead.

With the hammer in the ninth, the Canadians capitalized on a draw for two, tying the game before the final frame.

The Canadians managed to sit three rocks in the house, but Edin perfectly threw the final rock of the game, narrowly defeating Canada.

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“For the fourth time, silver sucks. To be second in the world, we have to be proud of what we did, but it’s just disappointing,” said Gushue.

“That’s four [losses] in a row for me and I’m sure at some point down the road I’ll appreciate it more than I do now, but right now it’s tough to take.”

Team Italy defeated Scotland for third place at this year's event.

_{With files from Curling Canada.}