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Einarson tops Hasselborg for 2nd straight year to earn women's world curling bronze

Kerri Einarson and her Canadian teammates are back-to-back world championship bronze medallists following Sunday's 8-5 victory over host Sweden in Sandviken.

A year ago, Einarson also eked out an 8-7 win over Anna Hasselborg in an extra end for bronze in in Prince George, B.C.

"I feel pretty excited to come here and medal," the Manitoba-based skip told Curling Canada on Sunday. "I know it's not gold like we wanted, but at least it's a medal. To win bronze two years in a row is pretty special."

Canada built momentum early in the week at Goeransson Arena before struggling to string together wins later but stepped up when it mattered most to reach the medal podium.

Vice-skip Val Sweeting, second Shannon Birchard, lead Briane Harris, Einarson alternate Krysten Karwacki and head coach Reid Carruthers posted a 7-5 record in round-robin play.

A semifinal loss to Norway kept the Canadians short of the gold-medal game but an early 3-0 advantage on Sunday paved the way to bronze.

"We put ourselves in a good position [Saturday] and it was really hard to lose that semifinal," Sweeting said. "But I'm super proud of how we came out today and getting up against the hometown team isn't easy either.

"We have a really good support crew here with our coaching and families and everything and it definitely helped us get through that."

Einarson and company believe this tournament will be another building block in long-term success.

"The fact that we were able to still get the bronze with not our strongest performance this week is big for our team," Birchard said. "It's lit a fire under us. We want to come back and we want to challenge for the gold, obviously."

Switzerland skip Silvana Tirinzoni and Norwegian counterpart Marianne Roervik

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