China beats Sweden to win world curling title
pGANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — China became the first Asian team to win a curling world championship on Sunday, beating Sweden 8-6 for the women’s title./p pLed by Wang Bingyu, China stretched its winning streak to 12 in the 12-team tournament./p pThe Chinese exchanged misses with Sweden’s Anette Norberg in the first few ends before scoring the first deuce in the fourth end for a 3-1 lead./p pWang, who didn’t know what a curling stone was 10 years ago, drew for another pair in the sixth end when the Swedes missed a runback./p pNorberg closed the gap to 5-4 when she drew for two in the seventh end./p pWang got two points on measurement in the eighth end for a 7-4 lead before Sweden found its way to wrangle a deuce and closed the gap to one at the end of ninth./p pSweden had one buried behind cover in the final end until Norberg’s last stone, which she elected to put…
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