Bronze for Italy and Switzerland at Curling Euros

BySportsbeat

Published 24/11/2017 at 22:50 GMT

Switzerland's men's rink gave the home crowd something to shout about as they claimed a bronze medal on the penultimate night of the European Curling Championships in St Gallen.

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The Swiss quartet of skip Peter de Cruz, vice-skip Benoit Schwarz, third Claudio Paetz, lead Valentin Tanner and alternate Dominik Maerki downed Italy 6-5 in a final that was more comfortable than the scoreline suggests.

But there was less good news for the Swiss women's rink, who slipped to a 7-6 defeat against Italy in the bronze medal match as skip Diana Gaspari claimed her first medal in 11 years.

Gaspari was joined by vice-skip Veronica Zappone, second Chiara Oliveiri, lead Angela Romei and alternate Stefania Constantini.

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