Curling: Kerri Einarson saved his free-cool and left 4th in the Women’s World Cup

PRINCE GEORGE, C.-B. – Canadian Kerri Einarson franchises a waist obstacle in her career towards a conquest of the Women’s Curling World Championship, Wednesday, taking the measure of Sweden 10-8.

The Swedish quartet of Anna Hasselborg reported the gold at the 2018 Olympic Games, then the bronze last month at the Pékin Games. He has also been two-time Vice-Champion at Mondiaux.

The victory of the host country against a team that came in third place in the world rankings greatly assisted Einarson in his quest for a laissez-passer for the elimination component.

“They are part of the elite of global curling, so it’s a big win for us and we will have a confidence regain for the future”, stated Einarson.

At the end of the day, Canada’s dossier was 6-2 in the wake of an imminent victory following the retreat of the Écosse.

After two defeats, the Écossaises withdrew from the Sunday competition because four players had received positive results from the COVID-19 screening tests.

The teams occupying the first six places at the end of the preliminary round, Friday, will take part in the elimination round.

Those who finish first and second will benefit from a pass directly to the semi-finals, Saturday. The duels for the medals will be presented on Sunday.

Einarson scored 5-0 after three bouts and 8-2 after the fifth round. Toutefois, the Swedish ship orchestrated a repair to force the outfit of a 10th bolt.

Despite the possession of the marteau, Einarson did not need to launch his last pierce since Hasselborg failed to equalize the score on his last launch.

“We have certainly played well for the battles,” said Briane Meilleur, Canada’s first player. (The Swedes) played very well in the second half of the match. So I’m glad we’ve succeeded in holding the coup.

“It was good to get a small advance quickly in order to offer a small cousin.” »