At the Paralympics on Sunday afternoon, 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 the 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 afterward. ”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.