Curling - Team United States of America

The United States men are the defending champions at Beijing 2022.

John Shuster, who was at his fourth consecutive Olympic Winter Games at PyeongChang 2018, started 2-4 and seemed to be headed for another disappointment. But the 2006 bronze medallist went on a run for the ages, winning his next five matches – including a championship victory over Sweden’s Niklas Edin – to capture gold. Three-quarters of his championship squad are back in Beijing, after winning another pair of must-win playoff games at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

The US has a 26-34 record at six Olympic tournaments but has fared better at the World Championships. A 301-261 record has delivered 15 medals—three gold, four silver and eight bronze—with Shuster scoring a third-place finish in 2016. The team was looking strong heading into the playoff round at the 2021 World Championship when a false positive test result for COVID-19 delayed action for a day, and the US lost to Switzerland in their first playoff game.

The result qualified the United States in sixth place for Beijing 2022.

This season, Team Shuster is 22-7 with a scoring average of 8.95 points per game versus an average of 5.48 points against per game. They secured runner-up, third-place and fifth-place finishes on the World Curling Tour.

Shuster is 36-37 lifetime against the field in Beijing, but 27-14 in the current Olympic cylce. He is 3-8 lifetime against Canada but has won both recent meetings, scoring eight points in each match. His 11-12 record against Sweden includes only one win in their last five meetings. Team Shuster have dominated Italy (11-2 lifetime), are 7-2 against China and are 5-2 in recent games against Great Britain.

World Ranking: 4th (65.295 pts)

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