Switzerland beat Canada 7-5 to take men's curling bronze Friday at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, sending the pre-tournament favorite home without a medal for the first time since the sport returned to the games in 1998.
Canada's hopes of a fourth straight gold medal were dashed the previous day in a heartbreaking 5-3 semifinal loss to the United States, and the accuracy problems that cost them that game were again on display against the Swiss at Gangneung Curling Centre.
"We knew that we had a good enough game to win a medal here, but that it was going to be very, very difficult when we knew that we were going to play Canada for the bronze medal," Swiss skip Peter de Cruz said.