at the 2010 winter olympics, martin's team went undefeated (9–0) during the round-robin phase, becoming the first team to achieve this feat since the british curling team at the 1924 chamonix olympics. after winning the semifinal against sweden's niklas edin, martin went on to win the gold medal, defeating norway's thomas ulsrud 6–3, in a rematch of martin's only previous olympic final. martin wrapped up his olympic season by winning the 2010 players' championships, his second grand slam win of the year. he beat brad gushue in the final in an extra end.