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STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- History of some sort will be made in Sundays final of the IIHF World Championship. Balenciaga Pas Cher Femme . Switzerland will play for the first gold medal in that countrys history. Sweden wants to be the first host country to win a world title since 1986. Catch all the action live on TSN2 and TSN Mobile TV at 2pm et/11am pt. The Swiss extended their unbeaten run at this years mens world hockey championship to nine wins with a 3-0 victory over the United States in one semifinal Saturday night. The Swedes downed Finland 3-0 in the afternoon semifinal. "To get this far at the world tournament is pretty special for our country right now," said Swiss coach Sean Simpson, a Canadian from Brampton, Ont. "Its quite a thrill for our team, for our country, to be in the final in Stockholm against Sweden. Its quite a big deal." The Soviet Union was the last country to win a world mens hockey title on home ice 27 years ago in Moscow. "Its about time. Its about time," Swedish forward Henrik Sedin said. "No pressure, just fun. "Its an unbelievable feeling. Its something a lot players never get a chance to be part of so its something you dream about when you grow up." Switzerland opened the tournament with a 3-2 upset of the Swedes, followed by a 3-2 shootout win over Canada and a 5-2 victory over the Czech Republic. The wins over what were considered the favourites in the pool gave the Swiss momentum on their run to the top in Stockholm. Sweden finished third at 5-2 in the same pool behind Canada at (5-1-1-0). The Swedes eliminated Canada from medal contention with a 3-2 shootout quarter-final win. Julian Walker, New York Islanders prospect Nino Niederreiter and Reto Suri, with an empty-net goal, scored for the Swiss against the Americans. Goaltender Reto Berra, a Calgary Flames prospect, stopped 29 shots for the shutout. "I have no words for that," Berra said. "I think its the biggest win since a long, long time for Switzerland and also I think for a lot of players it was the most important game in their life today." Switzerland will earn their first medal in this tournament in 60 years. They won bronze in 1953. Loui Eriksson of the Dallas Stars scored a pair of power-play goals against Finland with twin brothers Henrik and Daniel Sedin of the Vancouver Canucks assisting on both of them. Henrik added an empty-net goal for a three-point game in front of an announced 11,674 at Globe Arena. Jhonas Enroth of the Buffalo Sabres made 30 saves for his shutout. Simpson would not reveal whether he would go with Berra in net again Sunday or return to former NHL goalie Martin Gerber. Gerber was in net for a 2-1 quarter-final win over the Czechs. Enroth has made game-turning saves to get the Swedes to the championship game and is expected to return to Swedens net Sunday. Sweden, whose last world title was in 2006, is a more confident team than the one Switzerland beat on the first day of the tournament. The addition of the Sedins after the Canucks were swept in the first round of NHL playoffs boosted Swedens power-play. After scoring just two power-play goals in their first seven games of the tournament, Sweden has scored four in their last two games. Daniel assisted on all four and Henrik on three. "They know what to do," Swedish forward Gabriel Landeskog said. "Theyve played with each other for so long and they know exactly where to find each other and find Loui. "They have that respect as well. Everyone knows theyre world-class players. As soon as they get the puck, people will back off." Finland and the U.S., who finished first and third in the Helsinki pool, will play for bronze Sunday. When asked if winning a world title would erase the sting of an early NHL playoff exit, Henrik replied: "Its two different things. To lose in the playoffs, its obviously tough. To get a chance to do something good, its fun." Simpson has coached the Swiss mens team internationally for three years with finishes of fifth, ninth and 11th at the mens world championship during his tenure. He took over as head coach in 2010 for Ralph Krueger, another Canadian who had been behind Switzerlands bench for 13 years. Krueger is now the head coach of the NHLs Edmonton Oilers. Canucks defenceman Alex Edler joined Swedens lineup with the Sedins, but he did not play Saturday, nor will he Sunday. Edler received a two-game suspension for his knee-on-knee contact with Canadian captain Eric Staal in Thursdays quarter-final. Edler received a major and a game misconduct. Staal is also captain of the Carolina Hurricanes. The NHL team announced Saturday hed suffered a third degree ligament sprain, which would not require surgery. The team said rehabilitation should take three months and that Staal is expected to be ready for the start of the 2013-14 season. Fausse Balenciaga . -- Matt Ryan needed one of the best games of his career to lead the Falcons and their depleted offence out of their three-game losing streak last week. Air Force 1 Pas Cher Femme . Tuesdays surgery at Atlantas Piedmont Hospital was performed by Dr. Xavier Duralde and Hawks team physician Dr. Michael Bernot. http://www.pascherbasketnike.fr/ . Ouellette, from Montreal, already has three Olympic gold medals since joining the team in 1999. Raninder Singh, the gregarious chief of the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI), doesnt break his step as he charges with purpose towards the McDonalds at the athletes village in Rio. Hes just finished delivering a pep talk to the Indian shooting team and suddenly realised that hes famished. These hunger pangs are easily satisfied with a quick snack, but for Raninder and his team of shooters, the next few days offer a chance to devour a record haul of medals.Four shooting medals have been won at the last three Olympics including Indias only individual Gold in Olympic history. No other sport has delivered as many individual medals in Indian Olympic history. Now, with the first competitive shot set to be fired on Saturday, the contingent faces the burden of building on this impressive legacy.We have been doing very well, training well, the government has given us great funding and we have used the resources very well, says team manager Ronak Pandit, a former international shooter himself. I wont say the shooters are under pressure at all. The atmosphere is fantastic, the shooters are very positive, the training results are excellent and we look forward to a great competition.There is little doubt that at least outwardly, no member of the contingent is overawed by the stage. At the official welcoming ceremony at the athletes village on Tuesday, several were seen out and about, posing cheerily for pictures, back slapping fellow shooters and happily mixing with other athletes and a motley crew of journalists. The man drawing most curiosity among them was the spunky Jitu Rai, who is being spoken of in hushed tones as the shooter who can get India off to a sparkling start on Saturday in the 10m Air Pistol.Over the last couple of years, Jitu has been a standout performer. He won gold in the 50m Air Pistol at both the 2014 Commonwealth and Asian Games and a clutch of medals on the World Cup circuit as well. He was the first Indian shooter to secure a spot for these Games and Pandit describes his current form as sublime. Jitu exudes an air of assured confidence and walks around with a cheeky glint in his eye. Pandit credits him for not succumbing to over analysis ahead of the biggest challenge of his young career. The 50m is his stronger suit but on his day Jitu can mix it with the best in the 10m as well. He is ranked third in the world in both events at the moment, establishhing his pedigree as among the elite shooters in the discipline. Basket Yeezy 700 Pas Cher. Jitu in fact is one of eight first-time Olympians in the contingent of 12 shooters who have qualified for these Olympics, the most ever for India in history. Besides the Naib-Subedar in the Indian army, two other debutants will be thrown into the deep end on Saturday itself. Apurvi Chandela and Ayonika Paul, both 23, will also be in action in the 10m Air rifle. They completed a memorable 1-2 by clinching gold & silver respectively at the 2014 Commonwealth games but in Rio, but will have no illusions about the the fact that the ferocity of the challenge at an Olympics is on an altogether different level.Of the four shooters with previous Olympics experience - Abhinav Bindra, Gagan Narang, Manavjit Sandhu and Heena Sidhu - two, Bindra and Narang have clinched podium places. Bindra, who will be the flag bearer of the Indian contingent at the opening ceremony tonight, has announced that his career will end once he completes his event, the 10m Air rifle, on August 8. Narang, who is at his fourth Olympics is set to compete in three different events as he looks to add to the bronze he won at London in 2012. As the the senior statesmen of the squad, it is no surprise that the first timers are gravitating towards them, eager to imbibe all they can to tackle the unique challenges of a high visibility occasion such as this.It shows us that people can survive so many Olympics, says Pandit about the value of having shooters of such eminence in the contingent. Whenever you have an issue, or you are experiencing jitters you can always look up to them and speak to them about their experiences because they have different things to put on the table compared to someone who is shooting for the first time.It has the makings of an intriguing week at the Olympic shooting centre. Since Rajyavardhan Rathore broke a glass ceiling in 2004 at Athens with his Double Trap silver, Indian shooting has been on a steady upward curve. These are set up to be a breakthrough Olympics, one that may well end with what Pandit assures will be the best medal count so far. If that were to indeed happen, one would imagine the boss man of the shooting federation wont settle for McDonalds to have a celebratory meal. ' ' '