US EditionSweden beats Switzerland for gold in women’s curling at the Milan Cortina Olympics
Sweden secured its sixth Olympic curling gold by defeating Switzerland 6-5 after a critical missed shot by Switzerland and a strong final end by Sweden.
- On Sunday, Sweden's women's curling team beat Switzerland 6-5 at Milan Cortina to win the gold and conclude the discipline's competition.
- Alina Pätz's sixth- and seventh-end sequence saw her hit a two in the sixth, then miss a seventh-end double that gave Sweden a steal and a 5-3 lead.
- Agnes Knochenhauer knocked out four Swiss stones in the 10th, setting up Anna Hasselborg's decisive hammer shot as her rink earned their third consecutive Olympic medal with Sara McManus and Sofia Scharback.
- The win gives Sweden its sixth Olympic gold and 13th medal overall in Olympic curling, trailing only Canada in both categories, while Switzerland earned its first women's Olympic curling medal since 2006.
- Alongside the women's victory, Sweden also won mixed doubles as Isabella and Rasmus Wranå, Sweden mixed-doubles team , took gold after Anna Hasselborg's rink upset top-ranked Canada in the semifinals.
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Sweden's 'Team Hasselborg' beat Switzerland for second women's gold
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Anna Hasselborg's Sweden claimed a 6-5 victory over Switzerland in a tight final at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Sunday to become the first women's team to win three Olympic medals overall. "Team Hasselborg" also won gold at the Pyeongchang Games in 2018 and followed that up with bronze in Beijing in 2022. Despite their previous successes, they were far from favorites at these Games. Major life changes in the…
Team Anna Hasselborg took Olympic gold in curling.
The Swiss Curling women were able to look forward to Olympic silver with a little delay.
The Scandinavian combination was imposed in the final on Switzerland (6-5).
The Swiss curlers bring silver, the cross-country runner Nadja Kälin Bronze, the Bob-Vier, as well as bronze. These are the last medals for Switzerland at the Olympic Games 2026. Never before has she won so much: 23 times the Swiss cheered.
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