Shuster edges Edin for Curling World Cup win

American John Shuster repeated his Olympic victory over world champion Niklas Edin of Sweden to win the second Curling World Cup of the season by a 3-1 score Sunday in Omaha, Neb. The win gives Shuster’s rink a berth in the Curling World Cup Grand Final in Beijing in May. Shuster stole a point in the second end and Edin replied with a single in the fifth. Shuster took a 2-1 lead with a single in the sixth then added another when Edin surrendered a point in the seventh. In the women’s final, Satsuki Fujisawa of Japan edged South Korea’s Minji Kim 7-6. Norway’s Kristin Skaslen and Magnus Nedregotten downed Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-5 in the mixed doubles final.