Canada's Olympic men's curling team skipped by Brad Jacobs improved to 3-0 with an 8-6 victory over defending champion Niklas Edin of Sweden on Friday in Milan.

The men's curling competition at the Milan Cortina Olympics features a stacked field with plenty of gold medal experience as Great Britain enters as the favorite.

USA’s Daniel Casper (Briarcliff Manor, NY) is a true wild card. He’s just 22 and is the first men’s skip to defeat John Shuster at the U.S. Olympic Trials… well, ever. Shuster played in six straight beginning in 2005 and won the first five until Team Casper finally took him down.

Sweden won the gold medal ​in the mixed doubles ⁠curling competition ‍at ⁠the ​Winter Games by beating ⁠the United States 6-5 ‍at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium ⁠on ​Tuesday in Italy.

Here is more on how the United States has fared in Olympic curling as we take a look at their medal history in the event.

Although the journey ended one shot short of gold, it still rewrote history for American curling. Minnesota duo Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin delivered a magnificent performance in curling mixed doubles,

Goaltender Logan Thompson made 24 saves in his first start of the Games as Canada improved to 2-0 and secured top spot in Group A. Canada opened the tournament with a 5-0 win over