Canada's Jennifer Jones ends losing streak with much-needed win over ROC

Jennifer Jones and Canada got back on track with a crucial 11-5 win over the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in the women's curling round robin on Monday at the Beijing Games.

The Winnipeg skip had her back against the wall after losing three straight, but she and her team delivered a dominant performance to improve their record to 2-3 with four games left to qualify for the semifinals. The top four of the 10 competing nations will advance.

Canada seized control early and never relinquished it, claiming a commanding lead with steals of two in both the first and second ends. They followed it up with deuces in the fourth, sixth and ninth ends to claim the victory.

Looking confident once again, Jones and Canada will next play Great Britain (3-2) on Sunday at 8:05 p.m. ET, before facing the U.S. (3-2), China (2-3) and Denmark (1-4).

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While her team still has work to do, the hardest round-robin games are behind them. Canada played all the medallists from the 2018 Games before going up against back-to-back world champion Switzerland to start the tournament.

After starting off with a commanding 12-7 win over South Korea, Canada went on to suffer three straight tough losses to Japan, Sweden and Switzerland.

The losing streak was unfamiliar territory, as Jones had entered the tournament with a perfect Olympic record following Canada's gold-medal run in 2014 — when they became the only women's curling team to ever win Olympic gold with an undefeated record (11-0).

Jones is on a quest to end Canada's drought in Olympic four-person curling, with no Canadian medals in the men's or women's tournament since winning both in 2014.

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