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1. Sweden win World Mixed Doubles Championship 2024

   Brother and sister Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa won gold for Sweden at the World Mixed Doubles Championship, beating Estonia by 8-4 in Saturday afternoon’s final. Estonia started with a steal of one in the first end, but the Swedes turned the tables after that, scoring two in the second end, and then stealing one more … Continued

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2. Canada win double gold at World Senior championships

   It was a golden Canadian double at the World Senior Championships as both their women’s and men’s teams won their finals. The women beat Lithuania by 7-3, while the men took their title with a 4-3 last-stone win over United States. Scotland’s women won bronze with a 6-3 victory over Switzerland while Sweden’s men took … Continued

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3. Norway take bronze medals at World Mixed Doubles

   Norway beat Switzerland by 6-5 on Saturday morning, to take the bronze medals at the World Mixed Doubles Championship 2024. Norway opened with last-stone advantage and took an early 1-0 lead in the first end.  Then, in the second, Switzerland’s Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann could only score one point rather than the two she was looking for, … Continued

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4. Medal games set at World Seniors

   Canada’s women will play Lithuania for World Senior gold on Saturday morning, while the men’s final will see United States face Canada. In the women’s semi-finals on Friday evening, Canada beat Scotland by 10-3, thanks largely to a score of four in the second end. In the other semi-final Lithuania beat Switzerland by 5-2, to … Continued

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5. Sweden and Estonia to play for World Mixed Doubles gold medals

   Estonia will play Sweden in Saturday’s gold medal final, after they both won their semi-final games on Friday. Estonia beat Norway by 8-6 while Sweden were 6-3 winners over Switzerland. The bronze medal game between Norway and Switzerland will be staged on Saturday at 10:00. The final will take place at 14:00. Norway versus Estonia … Continued

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6. “Sport is all about challenging yourself and always trying to do better”

   With the exception of New Zealand, the team with the longest journey home from the World Mixed Doubles Championship will be Australia.  But when it comes to the length of the journey being travelled to be competitive enough to get onto this stage in the first place, the Australians win hands down. Now, for a … Continued

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7. Thursday update from the World Seniors

   After five days of round-robin play, the women’s teams at the World Senior Championships played their quarter-finals on Thursday evening. Following these game, the semi-final stage is set. In the quarter-finals, Switzerland faced Sweden, and won a tight game by 8-7 to move onto the semi-finals. They will now face Lithuania, who have made it … Continued

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8. Play-off field complete at World Mixed Doubles

   The round-robin stage of the World Mixed Doubles Championship concluded on Thursday and, after yet another day of intense competition, the play-off scenario is now determined, as is the situation in the relegation zone. Group A The Group A teams were first to complete their round-robin programme and, on Thursday afternoon, Switzerland had their play-off … Continued

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9. “The most important thing is to enjoy the process”

   With qualification points for the 2026 Winter Games up for grabs, all 20 teams that came to Oestersund for the World Mixed Doubles Championship hoped that they would also be starting on an Olympic journey too. And, as the competition has unfolded, it is clear that some are making better progress on that journey than … Continued

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10. Sweden’s World and Olympic Champions embrace home ice at World Senior Championships

    While curling in general has a great sense of community, it could be argued that no World Curling competition is better at binding together its contestants as ‘one big family’ than the World Senior Championships. Invariably, every game – hard-fought as it may have been – ends up with joint team photographs and lengthy post-game … Continued

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