Winter Olympics 2010: Canada womens curling team squander gold medal chance

Bystaff Published: 11:57AM GMT twenty-seven February 2010

Out of luck: Canada jump over Cheryl Bernard releases a mill druing additional finish better to Sweden Photo: GETTY IMAGES

Swedish jump over Anette Norberg suffered a couple of early miscues but her side fought behind to win 7-6 in the additional finish after Bernard blew chances in the last dual ends to sign a home feat in front of a boisterous crowd.

"We got shaken after the fifth finish and we got shaky, and she (Bernard) got unsure in the last dual ends," Sweden"s Cathrine Lindahl said. "We thought it was over. I"m so happy."

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Sweden defended their pretension and became the initial group to win dual golds in Olympic women"s curling.

With Canada heading going in to the 10th end, Bernard unsuccessful to spike her last rock, permitting Sweden to measure dual and tie it up at 6-6. It was Bernard"s last throw in the successive finish that finished her mental condition of bullion on her Olympic debut.

The 43 year-old had to throw her stone tough and correct enough to explosion dual Swedish stones out of the house.

It privileged one but did not have enough point of view or strength to transparent the second, withdrawal the Swedes to applaud a win that mins progressing had seemed unlikely.

"I burnished it and I missed," a dejected Bernard said. "It was so close. "It was one of those shots I will not forget."

Norberg pronounced she knew something was astray as shortly as the stone left Bernard"s palm and her group friends jumped to action.

"I listened them unconditional all the approach down so I accepted that it was curling a lot, and the mark where it twisted wasn"t where it was aimed," she said. "Suddenly I accepted that may be she wasn"t going to do it."

Sweden"s victory, with the country"s King Carl Gustaf seeking on, attacked Canada of one bullion on that they were banking.

Earlier, China had knocked about Switzerland to take the bronze.