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Feb. 24, 2018 / 8:37 AM

U.S. men win curling gold over Swedish team

The United States Men's curling team celebrates their gold medal victory at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, in the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea, on February 24, 2018. The USA won the gold medal for the first time beating Sweden who took the silver and Switzerland the bronze. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI

1 of 4 | The United States Men's curling team celebrates their gold medal victory at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics, in the Gangneung Curling Centre in Gangneung, South Korea, on February 24, 2018. The USA won the gold medal for the first time beating Sweden who took the silver and Switzerland the bronze. Photo by Richard Ellis/UPI | License Photo

Feb. 24 (UPI) -- The latest gold medal for Team USA at the Pyeongchang Olympics came from its men's curling squad.

Team USA beat Sweden 10-7 on Saturday after previously falling to the Swedes 10-4 during the round-robin stage of the Olympic tournament.

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It was a big achievement for Team USA -- marking the first American gold medal in curling events -- led by skip John Shuster. Shuster was joined by John Landsteiner, Tyler George, Matt Hamilton and alternate Joe Polo, according to Team USA's website.

Men's curling has been a historically weak sport for Team USA. In Sochi, the men's team came in ninth place and at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, the squad came in last place.

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