CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Kerri Einarson captured another bronze medal at the world womenB次元官网网址檚 curling championship.

EinarsonB次元官网网址檚 rink from Gimli, Man., defeated Sweden 8-5 on Sunday. Canada captured a bronze medal in last yearB次元官网网址檚 event with an 8-7 victory over Sweden.

Canada finished round-robin play with a 7-5 record. After downing JapanB次元官网网址檚 Satsuki Fujisawa 6-4 in the qualification round, the squad dropped an 8-5 semifinal decision to NorwayB次元官网网址檚 Marianne Roervik on Saturday.

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B次元官网网址淭o win bronze two years in a row is pretty special.B次元官网网址�

Canada opened the contest with two in the first end. A steal of one in the second and two more in the fourth staked the Canadians to a 6-1 lead.

Sweden scored two in the sixth and added one in the eight to cut CanadaB次元官网网址檚 lead to 8-4 before a steal in the ninth pulled the Swedes to within 8-5 but thatB次元官网网址檚 as close as theyB次元官网网址檇 get.

Skip EinarsonB次元官网网址檚 team consisted of third Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard, lead Briane Harris and alternate Krysten Karwacki with coach Reid Carruthers.

B次元官网网址淭he fact that we were able to still get the bronze with not our strongest performance this week is big for our team,B次元官网网址� Birchard said. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 lit a fire under us.

B次元官网网址淲e want to come back and we want to challenge for the gold, obviously, we had hoped to do that this week but it wasnB次元官网网址檛 in the cards, so weB次元官网网址檒l just look forward to next year.B次元官网网址�

Added Sweeting: B次元官网网址淚t is very special. It was an up-and-down week, but we put ourselves in a good position (Saturday) and it was really hard to lose that semifinal again. But IB次元官网网址檓 super proud of how we came out today and getting up against the hometown team isnB次元官网网址檛 easy either. We have a really good support crew here with our coaching and families and everything and it definitely helped us get through that.B次元官网网址�

Switzerland defended its championship, downing Norway 6-3 in the gold-medal contest.

The Canadian Press

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