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Finland Beats Switzerland in 2022 Olympic Women's Hockey Bronze-Medal Game

Finland rolled to a 4-0 victory over Switzerland on Wednesday to capture the bronze medal in the women's hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Viivi Vainikka, Susanna Tapani, Nelli Laitinen and Michelle Karvinen scored for the Finns, who dominated the Swiss in the shot battle, 47-15, and tallied three of their goals on special teams (two on the power play and one shorthanded).

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Finland has now captured four bronze medals in women's hockey at the Olympics. It also took third place at the 1998 Nagano Games in Japan, the 2010 Vancouver Games in Canada and the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in South Korea.