Olympics-Curling-Sweden crush Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze


2022 Beijing Olympics - Curling - Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Game - Sweden v Britain - National Aquatics Center Beijing China - February 8 2022. Almida De Val of Sweden and Oskar Eriksson of Sweden celebrate after winning the match. REUTERSEvelyn Hockstein

2022 Beijing Olympics - Curling - Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal Game - Sweden v Britain - National Aquatics Center, Beijing, China - February 8, 2022. Almida De Val of Sweden and Oskar Eriksson of Sweden celebrate after winning the match. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

BEIJING (Reuters) -Sweden's Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson added a mixed doubles medal to their country's bulging Olympic curling trophy cabinet after clinching bronze with a 9-3 dismantling of Britain at the National Aquatics Centre on Tuesday.

Reigning world champion Britons Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat were 1-0 up after the opening end but were left staring at an 8-1 deficit at the halfway mark as Sweden bounced back from their 8-1 semi-final loss to Italy with a dominant win.

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