Sweden defeated Canada 7-2, despite the fact that the opponents had the support of the home crowd in Lethbridge.
But it was an even match as long as the accounted and weighed.
” It was very hard to. They got a really good start. We had a few locations, but it felt like that, the margins went to the their way all the time, ” says Niklas Edin of the beginning of the match.
as a pro and it would take until the eighth round before the Swedish stjärnskippern struck with the penultimate stone.
But first there was a long wait, then a handle on a stone, broke down and had to be repaired. ”I do not appreciate the extra wait”, was heard Edin say to the canadians during the match.
” I have actually never been so nervous, neither in the sport or in anything else. It was a long wait, but I decided to clean the skull and think technique and just perform it well. And so I got to it just as I wanted, ” says Edin.
two canadian stones disappeared from the nest. Still, there were three Swedish, and when the canadians failed with the last stone stole the Sweden two points, and the match had turned.
When Sweden then got a further three points in the following round, the match was over.
” It feels fantastic. I think this is the best (profits). I actually started to almost cry after the victory. It felt really special there, because we played so well throughout the week, we got the same feeling in the OLYMPIC final, and then it was not the way for us, ” says Edin to TSN after the game.
the world CUP-and the gold was Niklas Edins total fourth and implies that he is the first non-canadian skippern ever to win two consecutive world CHAMPIONSHIP gold.
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