The Swedish reign over women’s curling continues. In the early Sunday afternoon in Cortina, Anna Hasselborg made an open takeout to give Sweden a 6-5 win over Switzerland in women’s curling and deliver another Gold medal in that discipline to her country.
In a thrilling, close match, Hasselborg’s steal in the 8th end gave Sweden the late advantage with a 5-3 lead. Switzerland was able to score a pair with the hammer in the 9th, but that left Sweden needing just one point with the last shot of regulation in hand.
The game featured the same two countries that played for Gold at Torino in 2006, when Annette Norberg brought home
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