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When it came tio the real crunch games, Scotland just missed out on the Gold Medal Final after they lost 9-10 to Switzerland. The Swiss team scored 4 shots in the first end and the Scots were reduced to playing catch-up for the rest of the game. Catch-up they did. tying at 9-9 after 9 ends but had to give last stone in the last end to Switzerland, who drew right inti the centre with that stone for a 1 shot win. In the other Semi-final, Canada beat Norway 7-5.

In the Gold Medal match, Canada set off at a fast pace to lead Switzerland 7-1 after 5 ends. After that it was just a matter of playing out time and they eventually won 9-4. Scotland redeemed themselves by seeing off Noeway 8-5 to claim the Bronze Medal. Scores of 1 in the 2nd end and then 3 in the next end gave the Scots an advantage of 3 shots, which they held all the way to the finish.

In the Women's Semi-finals, Canada comfortably beat Switzerland 8-2 and Russia beat China 8-6. The Medal games have just finished and Switzerland have added to their medal haul with the Bronze Medal, beating China by 6 shots to 4. In the Gold Medal match, Russia managed to beat Canada 8-7 after an extra end. Amazingly enough, the Russian Women's team only qualified for these Championships by finishing second behind Scotland in the B Championships in January.

WOMEN
GOLD - Russia
SILVER - Canada
BRONZE - Switzerland

MEN
GOLD - Canada
SILVER -Switzerland
BRONZE - Scotland