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Team Canada's Thurston delivers remarkable curling shot in Paralympics

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Sunday afternoon in the Paralympics, 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 two 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. A post shared by Paralympics (@paralympics) ''We got a bit of an opening from their previous shot, and the coaches saw a possibility,'' Thurston said afterwards. ''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.

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