HALIFAX — Twelve years after he won Olympic gold, Brad Jacobs is headed back to the Winter Games, this time leading a veteran Alberta squad that will all be making return trips to the biggest stage.

On Saturday night, Jacobs, third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert battled their way to an eighth straight victory at the Montana’s Canadian Curling Trials to punch a ticket to Milano Cortina 2026.

The world No. 3, Team Jacobs took out Canada’s top-ranked Matt Dunstone in two straight games in the best-of-three finals series, the latest a 6-5 win that came down to the final shot in front of a packed crowd at Scotiabank Centre.

This showdown between the top two teams in the country was all tied up until the seventh end, when Jacobs made a double takeout with his last to t

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