CC Aarau victoriously defended the European title won a year earlier in Aberdeen in Scotland. The Swiss dominated Anna Hasselborg's Sweden 8-4 in the final of the European Championships in Lohja (Finland). This is the 8th continental title for Swiss women's curling.
Crowned in 2023 without having lost a single match, skip Silvana Tirinzoni and her teammates Selina Witschonke, Carole Howald and Alina Pätz therefore repeated this feat on Finnish ice. They have now won 22 consecutive matches in the European Championships.
Team Tirinzoni, quadruple world champion (2019, 2021, 2022, 2023) and silver medalist at the 2024 Worlds in Canada, mastered their subject in the final. A successful deuce in the 1st end and a stolen point in the 2nd allowed him to take the lead from the start (3-0).
The Swiss team hit the nail on the head with two new deuces made in the 5th and then the 7th ends which allowed them to lead 7-2. Sweden gave itself the right to believe in it by recovering to 7-4 but gave up after Alina Pätz secured a last point at the end of the 9th round.
The 2026 Olympics in the viewfinder
The next objective of CC Aarau is set for March 2025, with the World Championships planned in South Korea. But Silvana Tirinzoni and Co. already have the Milan/Cortina 2026 Olympic Games in their sights, where they hope to go in search of a first Olympic medal four years after failing to reach the podium in Beijing.
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