Canada out of gold medal contention after loss at World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship - BERITAJA

Canada will not compete for its first world curling mixed doubles golden badge this twelvemonth aft a 6-4 nonaccomplishment to Sweden successful semifinal action connected Friday.

The Gimli, Man., squad of Kadriana and Colton Lott trailed the Swedes 5-2 aft giving up a bargain of 3 successful the 5th end.

The Canadians scored 2 successful the sixth to trim into Sweden’s lead, but Therese Westman and Robin Ahlberg put the crippled distant pinch a constituent successful the seventh.

“I thought we had a bully crippled and we made tons of bully shots,” Kadriana Lott said. “There were conscionable immoderate rocks that we didn’t get connected the correct broadside of the inch. They played well, and it was a very bully mixed doubles game.

“We had immoderate chances and immoderate misses, truthful it hurts. But we still person a badge to play for, and we’re going to travel retired beardown tomorrow.”

Sweden will look Australia successful the final, while Canada will meet Italy for bronze.

Australia upset the defending champions 7-6 successful the different semifinal erstwhile they entered an other extremity pinch the hammer and scored a decisive point.

Canada has 2 metallic and 2 bronze medals since the mixed doubles title made its debut successful 2008.