Swiss beat Swedes for bronze

Andreas Schwaller skipped Switzerland to a 7-3 victory over Sweden in the men's bronze medal curling final at the Winter Olympics on Friday.

The Swiss, who won gold on the sport's debut at the Nagano Games four years ago, raced to a 3-0 lead after the first two ends but the Swedes fought back to trail just 4-3 by the fifth. The match was won for the Swiss when they claimed two points in the seventh and another in the next end.

The Swedes, world champions last year, surrendered in an unorthodox fashion when their skip Peja Lindholm slid with his stone all the way down the ice and placed it on the button. He explained the move afterwards. "I saw my sweepers and they were really sad," Lindholm said. "They were almost crying. It's not a great memory to cry at the end, therefore it is better to have a good laugh."