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One of Canada’s greatest curlers has been hired to improve the United States’ gold-medal chances at the next two Olympic Games.<\/p>\n

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Brad Gushue, who recently brought his decorated playing career to an end, will take over as high-performance director at USA Curling, it announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n

USA Curling said the addition of Gushue, who skipped Canada to Olympic gold in Turin in 2006, would \u201cfurther elevate high-performance efforts in the next quadrennial and on the road to the 2034 home Games in Salt Lake City.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis role felt like a natural fit, and positions like this don\u2019t come along all that often in the sport of curling,” Gushue said in a USA Curling statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an opportunity to stay close to the sport and make a meaningful impact in a new way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. is coming off winning\u00a0silver in the mixed doubles\u00a0at the Milan Cortina Games in February. The men’s team won gold in 2018 and bronze in 2006, while the women’s team has never won an Olympic medal, placing fourth this year.<\/p>\n

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Gushue also skipped Canada to Olympic bronze in 2022, the world title in 2017, and was a seven-time national champion, USA Curling said.<\/p>\n

The national body said Gushue will work closely with athletes in the men’s and women’s programs, identify talent, advance coach education and build a \u201chigh-performance culture that delivers podium results at world championships and Olympic Games.\u201d<\/p>\n

USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell said Gushue had “extensive experience as a manager of business operations and as a leader of teams both on and off the ice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thrilled to welcome him,\u201d Gemmell added, “as we work to achieve the kind of international success that builds the sport at every level.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEvery Olympic curling stone begins on Ailsa Craig, a tiny uninhabited island off Scotland. The island produces the ultra-dense granite, including the rare \u201cblue hone,\u201d found nowhere else in the world, used to make the 44-pound stones seen at the Winter Olympics.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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