Curling news - Germany and Italy take bronze at European Curling Championship
BySportsbeat
Updated 23/11/2018 at 22:58 GMT
Germany couldn't make it two bronze medals in a night at the European Curling Championship as their women did the business against Russia, but the men fell to Italy in their third-place match-up.
Joel Retornaz
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The women's rink, led by Daniela Jentsch, won their first European medal since 2009 as they came from behind to down their opponents 7-4.
Russia took two points in the first end, but several well-placed draw shots from Jentsch gave Germany a three-point third and a two-point eighth, paving the way for a victory that delighted the 36-year-old.
"European bronze medallist? it sounds fantastic," she said. "We had our ‘A' game there and I think we deserved the win. I am super happy, I can't be happier. I didn't think we would win a medal here this week.
I think this is just what we needed, we needed this break-through, we've been struggling for many years and we've had some bad results due to bad luck.
The final will be played tomorrow, contested between Switzerland and Sweden – semi-final conquerors of Germany and Russia respectively earlier on in the day.
In the men's competition it was Italy who prevailed against their German opponents to win a first European medal since 1979.
Skip Joel Retornaz got the scoreboard ticking when he hit an opponent's stone to seal two points in the opening end.
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And despite Germany drawing level in the second, Italy raced into a four-point lead, which – to the relief of Retornaz – proved too much for their opponents.
"I have been around for a few years now and this is my first medal in the A-Division," he said.
I am really proud of what we achieved for our country – for everybody watching and for ourselves of course, because the team performed very well through the whole competition.
"We are really happy to have a medal around our neck. Everybody was always speaking about that [1979 bronze] medal and we said, we have got to win something so people can talk about another medal now."
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