On February 19, Beijing time, the Winter Olympics men's curling gold medal match, Sweden against the United Kingdom. The suspense continued into the final moments, when Sweden won the title for the first time 5-4 through an extra innings. This game can go down in the annals of curling history because the process is very exciting and the technical content is extremely high.
This men's curling, the United Kingdom and Sweden are the most stable performance teams, the round robin competition occupies the top two, to the semi-finals, the former 8-4 eliminated the United States, the latter 5-3 eliminated Canada, will be the final.
In the history of men's curling, the only previous victory of the British team dates back to 1924, and the Swedish team has never won the championship, but has reached the final for two consecutive years.
In this meeting, the two sides were very cautious, and Sweden started more steadily, leading 3-1. After the British team struggled to equalize, Sweden won 1 point again in the 8th set, and the 10th set of the showdown, the two sides completely entered the state of immortal fighting, the situation was confusing, wonderful, worthy of the highest level of curling duels in this Winter Olympics. Britain seized one last chance to drag the match into overtime.
In the overtime, sweden seized the opportunity to complete the deadlock 5-4, and in the end, the Swedish team won the men's curling championship for the first time in history! This game can be called a game in history, because the level of this game has reached the extreme of the current curling sport.
It is worth mentioning that the British team played badly overall in this Winter Olympics, and did not win any medals before. Under such circumstances, the silver medal won in the men's curling competition was the first medal of the Winter Olympics! Of course, the British women's curling team also reached the final and will once again hit the gold medal.