SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. Ed Reed Jersey . -- Canadas Jennifer Jones defended her teams performance at the Ford Womens World Curling Championship, saying the bronze medal her Winnipeg team won Sunday deserved praise. Jones defeated Cecilia Ostlunds young Swedish team 9-6 to finish third before Germanys Andrea Schoepp beat Scotlands Eve Muirhead 8-6 in 11 ends for gold later Sunday. It was the second world title for both Germany and Schoepp, who last won in 1988 in Glasgow, Scotland. The Canadians finished first in the round robin with a 10-1 record and then lost two straight playoff games to fall out of gold-medal contention. Jones has a cool demeanour on the ice. In a rare display of emotion after the bronze-medal game, Jones listed her teams accomplishments since joining forces five years ago. "To be a four-time Canadian champion, to go to the world championship four times, to win Players Championships, weve done more than I have dreamed possible ever. And weve got to play in two worlds at home and its been an amazing ride," Jones said, her voice cracking. "The fact everybody thinks we should win gold is ridiculous. We won bronze and were really happy with that. I thought we did Canada proud today and I hope everybody sees it that and if they dont I cant control that." Schoepp, a 45-year-old math teacher from Garmisch-Partenkirchen, skipped Germany at the world championship for a record 17th time. Her first world championship was in Kelowna, B.C., in 1986 when she took the silver medal. Third Melanie Robillard was born in Ottawa and is a former junior teammate of Canadian lead Dawn Askin. Second Monika Wagner and rotating leads Stella Heiss and Corinna Scholz round out the championship team. Schoepp, who also won Decembers European championship, hadnt played in a world final since 1988. "To get up there is easy," Schoepp said. "To keep it there and repeat is hard. I know that. Maybe I can take the next 20 years and make it again. I think that would be a record." Half of the 12-team world championship field participated in last months Olympics in Vancouver and some, including 2009 champion Wang Bingyu of China, showed signs of post-Games burnout. The curling ice was taken out of Schoepps home rink on March 1. The German skip feels the break may have been a blessing as her team had rest before the world championship. "Coming here a week earlier, what the other teams all did to play a bonspiel or to practice makes no sense," she said. "You have to have rest a little bit." Jones, vice Cathy Overton-Clapham, second Jill Officer and Askin won the world title two years ago in Vernon, B.C., and hoped to do the same in the intimate confines of the 2,700-seat Credit Union iplex. The St. Vital Curling Club foursome lost the bronze-medal game last year in Gangneung, South Korea. With Cathy Gauthier at lead, the Jones team lost the playoff game between the third- and fourth-seeded teams to finish fourth in the 2005 world championship in Paisley, Scotland. A bronze-medal game wasnt part of the tournament format that year. "Our team always peaks in the playoffs. So in a couple of world championships we dont," Jones said. "I think thats one thing weve learned how to do. Weve finally figured out the round robin, so maybe we can just put both together next year, but were pretty happy with how we played." Bronze isnt easy to win after the disappointment of losing the semifinal. Jones and company were stunned 10-4 by the Scots on Saturday. "We didnt play well last night and had a hard time sleeping, but we wanted to come out here and win a medal," Jones said. "Third in the world is not so bad." Canada fell 6-3 to Germany in Fridays Page playoff between the top-two seeds, which dropped Canada to Saturdays semifinal. Canada aimed for a rematch Germany, which was the only country to beat them in the tournament to that point. But a lopsided semifinal loss to the Scots ended Canadas chances for gold. The draw weight Jones executed so well throughout the preliminary round completely left her in the semifinal. Rubbed guards and half-misses cost Canada as the Scots scored three in the fifth, stole a point in the sixth and stole another three in the seventh to seal the win. Jones and third Overton Clapham were outcurled by their Scottish counterparts, while the Canadian front end had better shooting percentages than the Scots. Jones said Sunday the ice was quicker in the semifinal and she didnt pick up on that fast enough. The world championship featured two young teams to watch in the future. Muirhead was the youngest skip in the field at 19. She won three world junior titles in a row before skipping the Scots to seventh at the Olympics. Ostlunds Swedish team, which lost to Muirhead in the world junior final two years ago, is the heir apparent in Sweden to Anette Norbergs rink which won the last two Olympic gold medals. The Swedes average age was 22. Canadian women have won world curling championships a record 15 times since the first one was held in 1979. Albertas Kevin Koe will attempt to win a 32nd title by a Canadian mens team at the Capital One Mens World Curling Championship in Cortina dAmpezzo, Italy, starting next Sunday. A highlight of the season for the Jones team was winning their fourth Canadian championship in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., in February. A pre-tournament favourite to win Decembers Olympics trials in Edmonton, the team struggled with a 2-5 record, however, and the Olympic berth went to Calgarys Cheryl Bernard. Jones went to the Olympics as a celebrity reporter for a website. As the reigning Canadian champion, Jones has an automatic berth in the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Charlottetown, P.E.I. She and her teammates have yet to decide whether they want to pursue an Olympic berth for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia. "I think everybody still wants to play, but its a long run," she said. The Jones team will participate in the Grey Power Players Championship, a major event on the World Curling Tour, in Dawson Creek, B.C., from April 13th to 18th. Canada is a country of almost 300,000 registered curlers and that doesnt include thousands who play the occasional recreational bonspiels, according to the Canadian Curling Association. Thats more curlers than any other country. Jones says she doesnt feel expectations to win from the thousands of Canadians who play the sport or follow it on television. "I dont think they expect gold. I think the media does and I think thats unfair," Jones said. 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