Olympics-Curling-Swedes, Swiss victorious as women's event gets underway
By Hritika Sharma
Eve Muirhead Sport News
Curling-Swedes, Swiss victorious as women's event gets underway
BEIJING : Sweden's Olympic title defence got off to a winning start on Thursday while world champions Switzerland survived a scare to prevail in their opening round-robin match as the women's curling competition kicked off at the National Aquatics Centre.
Winter Olympics 2022 - GB women's curling team suffer narrow defeat to Switzerland in Beijing
Great Britain’s women’s curling team suffered a narrow 6-5 defeat to world champions Switzerland in their round robin opener. What started out as a cagey contest turned into a tense tactical battle as the sides entered an extra end tied at 5-5.
Winter Olympics: Eve Muirhead's GB curlers lose tense opener to Switzerland
Eve Muirhead's British curling rink lost their opening match at the Winter Olympics in a tense extra end against world champions Switzerland.
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Canada’s path to the gold medal in women’s curling at the Beijing Olympics
The journey to the top of the Olympic podium – or any spot on the podium for that matter – will be a daunting one for the Canadian women’s curling team.