Sweden beat hosts Canada to become world champions

Swedish skip Niklas Edin added the world crown to the European one he won on home ice in Karlstad in December - the first time a nation has held both titles in the same season."It feels amazing to be European and world champions at the same time," said Edin. "We set that up as a target three years ago, and to have done it feels amazing going into the Olympic season."I think the key moment was the second deuce we got in the third end with the small tap. If they steal one there and get back to 2-2, it's a totally different game. Once we got to 4-1, we felt comfortable."I think I felt the pressure. They made some really good shots, but we always came back on them."Edin was pleased with his team of Sebastian Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, Viktor Kjaell and Oskar Eriksson."I'm really proud of my team for sticking in there," Veiny green 'scum' meteorite may be first visitor from Mercury.he added.Sweden went two up in the first end before Canada's Brad Jacobs reduced the deficit to 2-1 after the second. Sweden moved two ahead and then in the sixth end Jacobs tried and failed to remove two Swedish stones and conceded another point for 6-3 when, had he been successful, he could have levelled the match.The match looked over after the eighth end when Edin put Sweden 8-4 up and although Canada pulled two points back in the ninth, they ran out of stones in the final end."We were just on the wrong side of the inch today and in curling that happens," he said. "We fought as hard as we could."We're going to hold our heads high. Silver-medallists at the worlds? We're pretty young and this is a first-year team. Who knows? Cross our fingers, maybe one day we'll get a second chance at this.