Sweden, Switzerland to meet for Olympic women’s curling gold; U.S.-Canada for bronze

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — American hopes of a first Olympic gold medal in women’s curling were dashed on Friday by a Swiss team that simply did not miss. Twenty-four hours after skipper Tabitha Peterson had guided her team to a thrilling victory over the same opponents to book America’s place in the semifinals, it was Switzerland’s last-stone specialist Alina Pätz who kept coming up with the big shots. Trailing 5-4 going into the 10th end, the U.S. needed, if not a miracle on ice, then somethin