Canada's Rachel Homan scores 2 in 10th to hand Sweden 1st loss at Olympics

Canada's Rachel Homan defeated Sweden's Anna Hasselborg 8-6 on Tuesday afternoon in women's curling round-robin play at the Winter Olympics.

Homan's Ottawa-based side of Tracy Fleury, Emma Miskew and Sarah Wilkes scored a deuce in the 10th end to hand Sweden (6-1) its first loss of the competition.

Homan made a nose hit for the victory.

Canada improved to 4-3 with two games remaining.

Homan was scheduled to return to Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium on Wednesday against host Italy.

Her round-robin finale was set for Thursday against South Korea's Eunji Gim.