Canada's Jennifer Jones loses 3rd in a row in women's curling in Beijing

Canada's Jennifer Jones is stuck in a major rut at the Beijing Olympics.

After starting the women's curling competition with a win, Jones and her Canadian team have now lost three in a row, their latest setback coming in a 8-4 defeat to Switzerland on Sunday at the Ice Cube.

A disastrous eighth end that featured back-to-back misses by Jones swung a tight game in the favour of Switzerland, who posted back-to-back steals of two to comfortably win.

"It was a good game. I missed a bad shot in the eighth end but other than that we had a really good game, made some really good shots," Jones said.

She later added: "I just can't miss in the eighth end, it changed the whole game. The ice is a little bit straight and if you get it back there's no recovering, and that's what I did. Unfortunately I missed."

There are 10 nations in the women's curling tournament, with each team playing nine games. The top four at the end of the round robin advance to the medal round. The Canadians now sit in eighth place, and with five games remaining are in serious danger of not qualifying for the playoffs.

"It's super disappointing with this loss," Jones said.

"We're going to have to go out tomorrow, one game at a time and one shot at a time, and see what happens at the end of the week."

In Sunday's other results: Sweden beat the United States 10-4, Great Britain defeated Denmark 7-2, and China edged South Korea 6-5 in 10 ends.

Jones is attempting to win her second Olympic gold medal after reaching the top of the podium in 2014 in Sochi. The Swiss team is coached by Canadian Pierre Charette.

Canada's next game is against the last place Russian Olympic Committee (0-4) on Sunday at 8:05 p.m. ET.

The Swiss scored a single in the first end following a