Sweden Take The Gold Over South Korea In Women’s Curling At Olympic Games

The Swedish women won the gold medal in the final match of curling on Sunday, beating South Korea 8-3 in nine ends to leave them with the silver, their first-ever Olympic medal in the sport. Sweden took control of the match by stealing a point in back-to-back ends, even though Korea had the advantage known as the hammer. After Korea took just one point in the sixth, Swedish skip Anna Hasselborg delivered a takeout on her final rock of the seventh to score three points and open a 7-2 lead. The Koreans picked up one point in the eighth, but when they couldn’t keep the Swedes from scoring in the ninth, they conceded.  

Olympics: Curling – Sweden take gold to end Korean fairytale run

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