Team Canada’s Thurston delivers remarkable curling shot in Paralympics

Sunday afternoon in the Paralympics, Team Canada’s Jon Thurston pulled off one of the best curling shots you’ll see for a long time

With Canada leading Norway 3-2, and having five stones to Norway’s two in the house, Thurston found himself staring down a difficult shot in the sixth end of a mixed team match. A pair of Norway guard rocks with scarce space between set up a difficult path.

Thurston proceeded to perfectly thread the needle between two guard rocks and delivered a gem of a shot, careening off one of Norway’s stones in the house … and on its way, that stone knocked Norway’s other stone out as well.

”We got a bit of an opening from their previous shot, and the coaches saw a possibility,” Thurston said afterwards. ”I threw the weight we wanted; the rock ran the way we wanted, and I was just ecstatic to make that shot.”

Canada would post six points in the sixth end, ultimately defeating Norway 9-2 in the preliminary round matchup.