Curling: Scotland beat Sweden to claim World Championships

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Scotland beat Sweden by 6-5 in an exciting gold medal final on Sunday afternoon at the Titlis Glacier Mountain World Women’s Curling Championship in Riga, Latvia to take the world crown.

Photo credit: WCF/Richard Gray.

Sweden, who had beaten Scotland twice at earlier stages of the tournament, went into a 2-0 lead after two ends, but never led again after the Scots turned it round to 3-2 after four ends. They take the title from Switzerland, who won in 2012.

This result means that Eve Muirhead and her squad - third Anna Sloan, second Vicki Adams, lead Claire Hamilton, supported by alternate Lauren Gray and coach David Hay - become only the second Scottish female team to be crowned world champions, following the 2002 success by Jackie Lockhart’s team.

Afterwards, a delighted Muirhead said:

“It’s still not sunk in. The girls played great out there today. To come out on the top is an unbelievable feeling, especially for myself, getting that silver medal in 2010 and silver at the Europeans this year. To top our season off by becoming world champions just feels great.”

About the game itself, Muirhead said: “We knew it was going to be a close game and we knew it could well come down to last end, last stone. We were ready for that. We played a great last end there, Anna played that great double-rip that locked it up for us and left me a pretty simple shot.”

Sportsister, The Women’s Sports Magazine

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