Sweden - Karlstads CK
Lead: Lotta Lennartsson
Second: Sara Carlsson
Third: Cecilia Östlund
Skip: Anete Norberg
China - Harbin CC
Lead: Yan Zhou
Second: Qingshuang Yue
Third: Yin Liu
Skip: Bingyu Wang
| Gold Medal Game - 27th March 2011 15:00 | |||||||||||||
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Ex | F | |
| Sweden | * | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
China were far more competitive in this rematch of the 1/2 Playoff game, but still could not find a way to beat the Swedes for a second time in this tournament.
Compared to the penultimate match of the competition, the final was downright pedestrian; Sara Carlsson's early efforts making things difficult for China to get to their opponents stone. A pair of blanked ends were followed by a sudden flurry of scoring. China's Yin Liu blocked superbly in the fourth end, while Annette Norberg showed creativity to get a second stone into the house and retake the lead in the fifth.
It then looked as though there was a change in momentum as Bingyu Wang, who has the highest percentage amongst the Skips in the tournament, scored a single in the sixth end, following this up with a steal of two more points in the seventh, and suddenly China was in the ascendency with a lead of 5-3.
But how quickly things can turn. Sara Carlsson was again immaculate in her blocking, allowing her teammates to score three points in the eighth, and it continued with a three stolen points in the ninth end as Sweden dug down and found something special to take that Gold medal.
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