Canada takes the silver in women’s curling
Final score 7-6 for Sweden
It was Sweden’s Anette Norberg versus Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard tonight, a battle of wits that looked like it could go either way. Sweden ultimately took the game in an extra 11th end, where Bernard would have had to bump two of Sweden’s stones to hang on to the tie. In the end she only struck one, giving Sweden the one point lead that earned them gold.
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