U.S. Olympic curling trials men’s finals set; oldest athlete eliminated

Chef David Chang joins NBC Olympics as correspondentJohn Shuster is two wins from becoming the second American to curl at four Olympics.

Shuster, an Olympic bronze medalist in 2006 and skip in 2010 and 2014, leads a team that will play a rink skipped by 41-year-old Heath McCormick in the U.S. Olympic Trials finals in Omaha.

The best-of-three series to determine the U.S. Olympic team starts Thursday night on NBCSN, NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app. A full trials broadcast schedule is here.

Shuster’s team went 6-2 against four other teams in round-robin play, easily advancing to the finals.

McCormick, who was third at the 2014 Olympic Trials won by Shuster, squeezed into the finals by…