Edin wins third straight world title

Sweden's Niklas Edin scored five in the 10th end to claim a third straight world men's curling championship with a 10-5 win over Scotland at the Markin Macphail Arena at Canada Olympic Park on Sunday night.

It is a record fifth world title for Edin, a 35-year-old who has cemented his status as one of the greatest skips of all time.

Switzerland beat the Russian Curling Federation team 6-5 for the bronze medal. It is the fourth time De Cruz has won a bronze medal at the world championship and his team also has an Olympic bronze medal to its name.

The championship resumed Sunday, a day after officials announced four positive COVID-19 tests within the Calgary bubble.

One of the players who tested positive was a member of a playoff team — United States third Chris Plys — and that team was on the ice for a qualification game against Switzerland on Sunday afternoon.

The World Curling Federation and Curling Canada were given permission to continue the event by Alberta Health after all remaining participants, coaches, event officials, event staff and broadcast crews received negative COVID-19 tests on Saturday.

All four of the people who tested positive — three were on two different non-playoff teams — are asymptomatic and reportedly feeling fine.

Switzerland beat the United States 7-6 to move on to the semifinal round.

Plys tested positive on Friday, then tested negative on Saturday. He was originally ruled out for Sunday's game but he has already been vaccinated, twice, so a decision was made by the World Curling Federation, in consultation with Alberta Health, to allow him to play.