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.

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.

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.

The Swiss franc is widely viewed as a safe haven asset, rising in value in times of geopolitical or macroeconomic uncertainty.

Switzerland may have to accept that U.S. tariffs will remain a lasting feature of trade relations despite last week’s Supreme Court decision, a senior Swiss trade official said in comments to SonntagsBlick.

Switzerland Men’s Hockey will look to score its biggest win ever Wednesday. After defeating Italy in the preliminary round, the Swiss will take on Finland in the quarterfinals, trying to keep their hopes alive for their first Olympic Medal in Men’s Ice Hockey since 1948.

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