Two world championship skipping appearances, two finals. That’s the record for Margaretha Sigfridsson and her Swedish team that’s headed for Sunday’s 4:30 p.m. Ford Worlds final match at the Enmax Centre.
Sigfridsson — with Maria Prytz throwing the last rocks while Sigfridsson leads off and then masterminds teehead strategy — first appeared at this championship in 2002 and lost the final to Scotland’s Jackie Lockhart at Bismarck, N.D.
Team Sweden celebrates at the 2012 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. (Photo: CCA/Michael Burns)
Now this pair is back, after outshining that of defending champion, three-time world champion and double Olympic gold medallist Anette Norberg to qualify, and Friday night won the Page One-Two playoff match for a berth in the world women’s championship final by defeating Mirjam Ott’s team from Davos, Switzerland, 7-6 in an extra end.
The match boiled down to the last end with Sweden counting in the four-foot behind a guard and Ott needing a soft hit and roll into the button to set up a possible steal. But her last rock over-curled and died, leaving Sweden with the winning stone and a meaningless last stone remaining to be played.