VANCOUVER — Canada’s Cheryl Bernard finally ran out of miracles, missing a pair of gold-medal winning shots in the 10th and 11th ends to lose to 7-6 to Sweden’s Anette Norberg on Friday.
It was the second consecutive gold medal for the Swedish team, which knocked off Switzerland four years ago in Turin, and the second time it won the title in an extra end.
“It’s unbelievable,” said Norberg, who along with teammates Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindhal and Anna Le Moine, appeared stunned at the wild finish. “It just happened, I don’t know how.
“We had a great week but we weren’t happy just being in the final. Gold again is absolutely unbelievable.”
It appeared the Canadians would be the ones celebrating a victory, but in the 10th end, Bernard missed a simple down-weight takeout to allow the Swedish rink to score two points and force an extra end.
Then in the 11th, she had a relatively easy double takeout that curled too much, removing one but leaving the winning point in the four-foot.