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.

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 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.

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

After a campaign by a right-wing opposition party, the government will hold a referendum in June that would require measures to limit immigration.

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.

Switzerland forward Kevin Fiala has been ruled out for the rest of the Milan Cortina Olympics with an injury to his left leg.

Canada has beaten Switzerland 2-1 in the semifinals of the women’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics, advancing to Thursday’s gold medal game against the United States.

Genoni has a 0.99 goal-against-average and .962 save percentage for Switzerland. He has been between the pipes for each of its wins at the Olympics, including in the preliminary round against Team France (4-0 on Feb. 12) and Team Czechia (4-3 in overtime on Sunday).

Switzerland has frozen assets worth about $880m linked to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, in a move aimed at preventing potentially illicit funds from leaving the country