Let’s raise our glass (brooms) to the US curling team for their first ever Gold medal in the Winter Olympics 2018.

This seemed like a dream for the all American team which for a fleeting moments thought that they were exempted from even sweeping up a medal.

On Thursday 22nd February 2018 in Gangneung, South Korea, John Shuster and his team went on to be the the U.S. Curling team to win the first gold medal.

It was tight fight to the finish line against the Swedish team in a 5-3 win.

In today’s article we discuss how the US team make history in one of the most interesting sports on the century.

US Olympic Curling Team 2018

Let’s start off with Captain John Shuster who is a bronze medallist in the 2006 Olympics and the face of the American team.

On the 22nd of February 2018 he delivered the biggest shot in the history of US curling and managed to clear two Swedish stones with his final rock of the eighth end to score five to a final 10- victory.

After all of the ups and downs that this team has experienced we are so glad to see a gold medal draped around his neck for the first time in his life and that of the US team.

The moment that the team realised they won was even sweeter after almost losing their spot in the competition on Sunday against Norway.

“It feels almost unbelievable,” said curler Matt Hamilton immediately after the match.

“We came out here with great intensity and just had to believe we could do it.”

This was a great event since both the Swedes and Americans were both deemed as the Underdogs of the curling event.

Although funnily enough the Simpsons had predicted this win back in 2010.

“Believing in ourselves, playing the way we know how,” said John Landsteiner, “One of our goals was to come out and be ourselves.”

This win comes as a great victory as this is Shuster's fourth Olympics and the third one as captain and his team mates credit him as a major part of this win –

“He knows the game very well. He knows the right things to say to his teammates and how to get the best out of them,” said Landsteiner after an earlier match victory.

This team was considered as the ‘ragtag’ team since the team members were once overlooked but only brought together thanks to a captain who saw their potential.

Curling is often overshadowed by the more well-known winter sports and more famous athletes.

The U.S. men’s curling team members are hardly household names.

How ever the US curling team win first gold medal which places them in the headlines and a rightful place in Winter Olympics history.