Olympics-Curling-Sweden hammer Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze
By Hritika Sharma
Aquatics Sport News
Curling-Sweden hammer Britain to claim mixed doubles bronze
BEIJING : Sweden's Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson added a mixed doubles medal to their country's glittering Olympic curling trophy cabinet after clinching bronze with a 9-3 dismantling of Britain at the National Aquatics Centre on Tuesday.
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