Canada’s wheelchair curling team will play for a medal at the Beijing Paralympics.
It took the final rock in the last of the 10 round robin matches, but the Canadian squad was able to secure a semifinal berth by defeating Norway 7-6 on Thursday.
The Norwegian side had a 6-4 lead heading to Canada’s last throw of the match. But fourth Jon Thurston, of Dunsford, Ont., kept cool, calm and collected to remove the lone opposition rock from the board while adding one of Canada’s for a three-point eighth end.
Canada, led by skip Mark Ideson, would have made it to the semifinals either way, given
