By Canadian Press

Canada’s Bottcher falls to Russia’s Glukhov at world men’s curling championship

Apr 7, 2021 | 4:16 PM

CALGARY — Canada’s Brendan Bottcher dropped an 8-7 decision to Russia’s Sergey Glukhov on Wednesday afternoon at the BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men’s Curling Championship.

Bottcher made a runback double takeout to score three in the 10th end to force an extra end.

Glukhov used hammer to make a game-winning draw for the victory. 

Canada will play defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden in the evening. 

Canada fell to 7-3 in round-robin play while Russia improved to 8-2.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 7, 2021.

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