Bernard will play for gold

Cheryl Bernard and her team defeated Switzerland in an expected way. It was not until the last stone was thrown that they secured their spot for the final. The Canadians curlers had some problems today but luckily for them, Switzerland team had some problems to. Both skips missed lot of opportunities, but the 2 last stones thrown were conclusive.

Bernard needed to sneak past a guard and remove one of two Swiss stones in the four-foot. As it left the skip's hand, both Bernard and O'Connor yelled for sweeping, screaming as loud as they have all week, somehow managing to be heard above the din of the crowd. The stone found its target and Ott couldn't duplicate the shot, hitting the Bernard stone but rolling from the rings to count just one and give Canada the game.

"It wasn't as stellar a game as we've all had all week," admitted Bernard, of the sloppy but satisfactory effort, "but we made the necessary shots when we needed to."

"There were some nerves going into that game, no kidding," said Bernard. "I think it was a little bit of the fear of having to play the bronze medal game, not so much the trying to win that game."

That may indicate the Calgary foursome is already satisfied, but nothing could be further from the truth. The team is hungry for one final win.

"I think maybe there's not so much pressure but we still have a job to do," said the skip. "You get this close and you probably want it even more."

They are going to play against Sweden, who defeadted China and Bernard’s team is definitely the underdog. The sweden team, lead by Anette Norberg won gold in the 2 last olympics. "We're definitely the underdog going in and that's understandable," said the Canadian skip. "That's OK, we're good with that."