An emotional afternoon for Team Canada at the 2016 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship in Swift Current.

Following a heart-breaking finish for Chelsea Carey and her Canadian rink as they fell 8-7 to Russia’s Anna Sidorova in the bronze medal game, Team Canada Third Amy Nixon struggled to hold back tears outside the locker room.

"I'm not going to lie, I'm gutted. I'm gutted," said Nixon with tears running down her cheeks. "One of the hardest losses of my career, personally. It happens and it's just a sport but right now? That hurt. That's hurting.”

The loss was hurting Nixon so much following the game that she was having a hard time thinking about her curling future.

"The work that goes into getting this far and knowing it took me 10 years to get back in this situation. It's exhausting, mentally, for me to even imagine getting back, honestly. I just feel like this was maybe my chance, she said with her daughter, Kali, in her arms.

While Nixon reflected on all the effort she had been putting in over the previous years, for Skip Chelsea Carey it is a different story.

Carey, who took over the team of Amy Nixon, Jocelyn Peterman and Laine Peters after their previous skip Heather Nedohin chose to step away from the game, was attending her first World Championship, something she says she will use as a building block.

"For me, my first worlds, I certainly learned a lot," said Carey, who will play as Canada at next year's Scotties Tournament of Hearts. "I feel like just having the experience would certainly help me if I were lucky enough to get back to a world championship.”

Trailing 5-4 after six, Carey picked up a steal of two, taking a 6-5 lead. However Russia came right back scoring three in the eighth.

Carey responded with a deuce in nine to tie the game, before Sidorova managed her single point in ten for the win and the bronze medal.

"They made a lot of shots," said Carey. "But we just had opportunities and couldn't take advantage of them in all of those games. We had chances and just couldn't capitalize on them.”

In tonight’s gold medal game, Team Japan will take on Team Switzerland.

So far in the tournament the Swiss have won both meetings against Team Japan.