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Canada collects 3rd straight win at mixed curling worlds, routing India 9-2

The Canadian Press | Posted: October 18, 2022 5:03 PM | Last Updated: October 18, 2022

Menard's rink plays twice Wednesday before finishing round-robin play Thursday

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Caption: Quebec skip Jean-Michel Menard and his Canada rink pulled off a third consecutive victory at the world mixed curling championship, defeating India 9-2 on Tuesday in Aberdeen, United Kingdom. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press/File)

Canada's Jean-Michel Menard rolled to a 9-2 win over India's P.N. Raju on Tuesday at the world mixed curling championship in Aberdeen, United Kingdom.
It was the third straight win for Menard and teammates Marie-France Larouche, Ian Belleau and Annie Lemay.
Canada (4-1) scored three points in the first end and stole three more in the fourth. India (2-3) conceded after seven ends.
Menard remained in second place in the Group A standings behind Finland's Markus Sipila (5-0).
Canada was scheduled to play Portugal's Bridget Ribau and Hong Kong's Jason Chang on Wednesday before closing out round-robin play Thursday against Slovenia's Stefan Sever.
The playoffs begin Friday at the Curl Aberdeen facility and the finals are set for Saturday.
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Caption: Hosts Devin Heroux and Colleen Jones examine the curling landscape as a new quadrennial begins. They talk to newly-appointed World Curling Federation President Beau Welling, 3-time world champion skip from Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni, Curling Canada's Nolan Thiessen and close the show with journalists Ted Wyman and Greg Strong.

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