Switzerland defeated Sweden 2-1 in overtime to take home the bronze medal in Olympic women's hockey at Santagiulia arena on Thursday in Italy.

The Fins opened with a 4-1 loss to Slovakia before rebounding with a 4-1 victory over Sweden and an 11-0 rout of Italy.

By Aadi Nair CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Yannick Schwaller's Switzerland won the Olympic bronze medal in the men's curling competition by thumping Norway 9-1 on Friday, ensuring they would not go empty-handed after missing out on gold despite an incredible round-robin campaign.

Every team comes to the Winter Olympics with the gold medal as its goal, but Team USA and Canada have a monopoly on that honor in women’s hockey, making the bronze-medal game a massive opportunity for another country to prove itself as the “best of the rest.

With wins in the semifinals on Thursday, Canada and Great Britain's men's curling teams will move on to play in the gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Olympics.

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