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Sweden Reaches Final of Women's Olympic Curling

22 February 2006

Swedish curlers Eva Lund (l) and Anna Svaerd
Swedish curlers Eva Lund (l) and Anna Svaerd
Sweden will have the chance to add the Olympic Games women's curling title to its world and European crowns. The Swedes reached the tournament final at the Turin Winter Games with a 5-4 semifinal victory over Norway Wednesday.

In the final on Thursday, Sweden will face Switzerland, which was a 7-5 winner over 1998 Olympic champion Canada.

Both Sweden and Switzerland will compete for gold with identical records in Turin. Each finished the preliminary round with win-loss records of 7-2 in the 10-nation tournament.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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