Post by Admin on Mar 28, 2019 18:29:07 GMT
HIGHLIGHTS: Sweden v Switzerland - gold medal game - LGT World Women's Curling Championship 2019
A nerveless draw into the four-foot ring with the last stone of an extra end by fourth player Alina Paetz gave Switzerland an 8-7 win over Sweden in Sunday afternoon’s gold medal final of the LGT World Women’s Curling Championship 2019 in Silkeborg, Denmark, to make her team world champions.
This is a first world title for this Switzerland team – fourth player Alina Paetz, third and skip Silvana Tirinzoni, second player Esther Neuenschwander, and lead Melanie Barbezat, supported by alternate Marisa Winkelhausen and coach Manuela Netzer – and the fifth title for Switzerland since 2012.
For Olympic champions Sweden – skip Anna Hasselborg, third Sara McManus, second player Agnes Knochenhauer and lead Sofia Mabergs, supported by alternate Johanna Heldin and coach Wayne Middaugh – this was a second successive world silver medal.