Switzerland claim bronze medal in the men's curling with dominant win over Norway

Team Switzerland and Team Norway shake hands after the match
Team Switzerland and Team Norway shake hands after the matchIssei Kato / Reuters

Yannick Schwaller's ⁠Switzerland won the Olympic bronze medal in the men's curling competition ‌by beating Norway 9-1 on Friday.

Switzerland went ‌unbeaten in their round-robin campaign ‌at the Milano Cortina Games but ‌missed out on the final after ‌losing to world champions Britain in the semis on Thursday.

Some strategic shot-making from ‌Switzerland in the second end ⁠helped them ‌set up a three-pointer for Benoit Schwarz-van ​Berkel, before they stole another to take a 4-0 lead ​early on.

After a single for Norway, Schwarz-van Berkel struck again in ⁠the eighth ​end with a runback to add two more points to Switzerland's tally and give them a 6-1 advantage.

Norway never ‌really threatened to get back into the contest and, after a miss from Magnus Ramsfjell opened a three-point steal for the Swiss in the eighth, the Norwegian skip conceded in some style, doing a 360 spin delivering his last throw.

It ‌is Switzerland's eighth curling medal overall ​and first since they won ‌a men's bronze at Pyeongchang 2018.

Brad Jacobs' Canada face Bruce Mouat's Britain, the world champions, in the gold medal game at the ⁠Cortina Curling ⁠Olympic Stadium on ‌Saturday.

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