Canada won gold medals Saturday in both the men’s and women’s events at the World Senior Curling Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota. And both teams went undefeated in doing so.

Christine Jurgenson of Victoria, British Columbia, led her team to a gold medal, defeating Sweden’s Ingrid Meldahl, 9-2 in the women’s final, while Edmonton’s Mark Johnson duplicated that feat, while handing the United States its only loss of the week, 5-4 in a riveting men’s final.

The victory capped a perfect week for the Juan de Fuca Curling Club foursome of Jurgenson, Cheryl Noble, Pat Sanders and lead Roselyn Craig. After going 10-0 in the round robin, they defeated Switzerland, 6-5 in a tight semi-final to advance to today’s gold medal game.

Switzerland ( Chantal Forrer) took the bronze medal on Saturday, 5-4 over the United States (Margie Smith).

Meanwhile, Johnson had to scratch and claw for every point in a battle of unbeaten teams. His Thistle Curling Club team of third Marv Wirth, second Ken McLean and lead Millard Evans took one in the eighth end to tie the game at four, after blanking the seventh, before stealing the winning point in an extra end.

Both Canada and the United States, skipped by Wisconsin’s Geoff Goodland, had finished the round robin with 6-0 records, while capturing the Red and Blue Groups, respectively. Johnson first beat Scotland, 9-3 in a quarter-final, then demolished Australia, 11-1 in a semi-final, while Goodland took care of New Zealand, 6-2 in another quarter-final, before beating Denmark, 11-2 in the other semi-final, to set up the showdown.

Australia (Hugh Millikin) won the bronze medal, defeating Denmark (Bent Kristoffersen), 8-5.

The World Mixed Doubles championship, held in conjunction with the World Seniors, went to Switzerland’s Sven Michel and Alina Pätz, who defeated Russia, 11-2 in the gold medal game, while France edged Sweden, 8-6 for the bronze.

Canada’s Robert Campbell and Rebecca Jean MacDonald finished with an overall record of 5-4, after being eliminated in a second tiebreaker on Friday.

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Canada (Mark Johnson) defeated United States (Geoff Goodland) 5-4 in the World Senior Men’s final.

Skip: Mark Johnson, Third: Marv Wirth, Second: Ken McLean, Lead: Millard Evans,
Alternate: Brad Hannah and Coach: Bill Tschirhart

Canada (Christine Jurgenson) defeated Sweden (Ingrid Meldahl) 9-2 in the World Senior Women’s final.

Skip: Christine Jurgenson, Third: Cheryl Noble, Second: Pat Sanders, Lead: Roselyn Craig, Alternate: Lena West and Coach: Bill Tschirhart