Team Japan finished the 2022 Winter Games with 18 medals, collecting top-three finishes in seven different sports.
But the silver medal is Japan's best curling result in the Olympics.
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa and her teammates handled the pressure of a high-stakes match and played more consistently in a bounce-back win over the Swiss.
The 2018 Olympic bronze medalist advanced to the final four on a tiebreaker after Britain, Japan and Canada finished with identical records.
“You have to play against the best teams to get better,” said Canadian mentor J.D. Lind, who has served as the national team head coach since...
Sochi gold medalist Joergen Graabak and fellow Norwegian Jens Luraas Oftebro took the lead from Watabe and held on for the top two spots.
In a rematch of the 2018 Winter Games semifinal, Eun Jung Kim sealed the victory with a draw in the ninth end.
The 25-year-old becomes only the second Japanese to medal on both hills at the same Olympics, after Kazuyoshi Funaki in 1998 in Nagano.
Skip Satsuki Fujisawa’s 97% accuracy in the draw was instrumental in the team’s result.
Satuski Fujisawa's foursome had its chances but couldn't take advantage.
After winning bronze in Pyeongchang, the team known as “Loco Solare” has its sights set on bigger things.