7 February 2026
Sweden regain momentum at Olympic Winter Games
Following a run of three successive losses, Sweden gave their semi-final qualification hopes a major boost when they beat Switzerland by 13-7 in Saturday morning’s seventh mixed doubles session. This result promotes them into fifth place on the table.
Sweden held a 3-1 lead as the teams played the fourth end, but Switzerland’s Briar Schwaller-Huerlimann drew her final stone into position to score four points and take a 5-3 lead. However, Sweden responded straight away when Isabella Wranaa played a gentle nudge shot to score four points and re-take the lead at 7-5.
Showing she was in better form than in her last few games, Isabella Wranaa then produced a double take-out in the seventh end to add three more points, extending their lead to 7-1. Switzerland were then under time pressure in the eighth end, and eventually gave up a steal of three to hand Sweden a 13-7 win.
Speaking afterwards, a relieved Isabella Wranaa was pleased with her improvement: “We got into the game in a better way today. We got more angles in our favour and I think we just got a better start than yesterday. When you start making the shots and you can take that into the next game.”
Her brother Rasmus agreed, saying, “I think we adapted to the ice really well today, but you just have to keep your focus with every stone, you can easily lose a two or a three.”
Speaking about the exchange of fours in the fourth and fifth ends, he said, “When you lose a four like that, you just have to re-focus. Fortunately, we got a couple of misses from them, so we got a four back right away, and it was fine from there on.”
He added, “Basically, we have to win the rest of our games now.”
Isabella and Rasmus Wranaa are the only siblings playing in this event, but neither of them thinks it is a big deal or adds any particular advantage. Rasmus said, “We’ve played a lot of mixed doubles together so we see a lot of each other, so there’s no pressure there. There’s nothing special.”
Isabella said, “We spend a lot of time in Canada — he’s with his team and I’m with mine, but we see each other a lot. It’s not intense.”
There was only one other game in this session and that saw Great Britain continue their unbeaten record with a 7-5 win over Canada.
In both the first and third ends of this game, Britain’s Jennifer Dodds played a precise raised take-out, scoring three points in the first end and then two points in the third. This resulted in an early 5-1 lead.
Canada did manage to steal two points in the seventh end when Dodds was heavy with a draw to reduce the British lead to 7-5. However, the Canadians ran out of stones in the eighth and handed Great Britain their sixth win, by 7-5.
After the game, Bruce Mouat said, “We’re doing a lot of good things, we’re in a very good spot. We’re happy with where we are.”
The British duo remains in a clear first place on six wins and no losses. United States of America lie second on four wins and no losses. But one of these unbeaten records has to disappear soon, as these two teams face each other in the next session.
Behind these two, Italy are third on the rankings, while Canada are fourth, with a rejuvenated Sweden in fifth.
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