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Canada beats Portugal, Hong Kong to clinch playoff berth at mixed curling worlds

The Canadian Press | Posted: October 20, 2022 2:16 AM | Last Updated: October 20, 2022

Jean-Michel Ménard's rink will close round-robin play Thursday against Slovenia

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Caption: Skip Jean-Michel Ménard, seen during the 2017 Brier, led Canada (6-1) to two wins on Wednesday at the world mixed curling championship in Aberdeen, Scotland. (Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press)

Canada's Jean-Michel Ménard defeated Hong Kong's Jason Chang 8-3 on Wednesday to cap a two-win day at the world mixed curling championship in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Ménard, from Gatineau, Que., pulled away with four points in the fifth end. Chang scored a single in the sixth end before conceding.
Earlier in the day, Ménard beat Portugal's Bridget Ribau 7-4. Ménard will close round-robin play Thursday against Slovenia's Stefan Sever.
Canada (6-1) has already qualified for the playoffs. Ménard's rink includes third Marie-France Larouche, second Ian Belleau and lead Annie Lemay with Eric Sylvain serving as coach.
Competition continues through Saturday at the Curl Aberdeen facility.
WATCH | CBC Sports' That Curling Show examines the curling landscape:

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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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