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Gushue bounces back for 1st National Grand Slam of Curling win Sports

Hometown skip Brad Gushue of St. John's bounced back from an opening-draw loss to beat Scotland's Ross Paterson 8-1 on Wednesday at the National Grand Slam of Curling tournament.

Analysis Stop the clock: Curlers sound off on new timing system Hometown favourite Gushue drops National Grand Slam of Curling opener Gushue (1-1) scored a deuce in the first end and was up 6-0 before Paterson (1-1) got on the board with a single in the fifth. Gushue added two more in the sixth and the skips shook hands before starting the eighth.

Also, Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., (2-0) downed Winnipeg's Braden Calvert (0-2), 7-3 for his second straight win, Saskatoon's Kirk Muyres (1-1) beat Glenn Howard Penetanguishe, Ont., (1-1), 6-4 and Sweden's Niklas Edin (2-0) edged Team Carruthers (1-1) of Winnipeg 5-4 with a single in the eighth.

POV podcast: Kaitlyn Lawes on her different paths to Olympic gold Former NFLers turned curlers take shot at Olympic rings Team Carruthers is being skipped by Mike McEwen, with Reid Carruthers playing third.

In women's evening play, Ottawa's Rachel Homan (2-0) doubled up Toronto's Jacqueline Harrison (0-2), 6-3.

Round-robin play continues on Thursday.

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