26-03-2017, 15:46
Scotland made amends for their poor efforts in the Play-off games, by beating Sweden 6-4 to win the Bronze Medals. The Scots once again were involved in a very close game all the way, but came good at the right time by winning the last 3 ends, 1 shot at a time, to clinch the win. They sneaked into the lead for the first time in the second last end and, after drawing into the centre with the first stone, executed 7 perfect guards to protect their advantage.
In the other minor game
Canada won Gold for the first time since 2008, defeating Russia in a one-sided Final by 8-3 with 2 ends to go. Also for the first time, the Canadians went through the entire competition without losing a game. They were dominant throughout and thoroughly deserved their victory. The leads and seconds were fairly equal, but the Russian third made too many basic errors in calling the sweeping and put too much pressure on the skip, who also had a poor game by her own high standards.
Just as an aside, the last Russian stone to be played was taken off the ice by the Russian sweepers and Anna Sidorova looked disgusted with herself. I can only assume it was because, during delivery, she released the stone momentarily and then gripped it again and she called the foul. In common with snooker and golf, curling sets itself very high standards in playing by the rules of the game - "Curlers never knowingly break a rule of the game, nor disrespect any of its traditions. Should they become aware that this has been done inadvertently, they will be the first to divulge the breach."
Final Results
GOLD - Canada
SILVER - Russia
BRONZE - Scotland
Each of the medal winners improved on last year's positions
In the other minor game
Canada won Gold for the first time since 2008, defeating Russia in a one-sided Final by 8-3 with 2 ends to go. Also for the first time, the Canadians went through the entire competition without losing a game. They were dominant throughout and thoroughly deserved their victory. The leads and seconds were fairly equal, but the Russian third made too many basic errors in calling the sweeping and put too much pressure on the skip, who also had a poor game by her own high standards.Just as an aside, the last Russian stone to be played was taken off the ice by the Russian sweepers and Anna Sidorova looked disgusted with herself. I can only assume it was because, during delivery, she released the stone momentarily and then gripped it again and she called the foul. In common with snooker and golf, curling sets itself very high standards in playing by the rules of the game - "Curlers never knowingly break a rule of the game, nor disrespect any of its traditions. Should they become aware that this has been done inadvertently, they will be the first to divulge the breach."
Final Results
GOLD - Canada
SILVER - Russia
BRONZE - Scotland
Each of the medal winners improved on last year's positions
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