Jones' Olympic unbeaten streak ended as Canada falls to Japan in women's curling

Jennifer Jones' perfect streak at the Olympics is no more.

Jones and her Canadian team lost their first game of women's curling competition in Beijing by dropping a 8-5 decision to Japan on Friday at the Ice Cube.

In doing so, Jones, a 47-year-old native of Winnipeg, suffered her first career loss at the Games and saw her all-time Olympic record fall to 12-1. Jones went 11-0 at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi to win gold, and led her team to a 12-7 victory over South Korea on Thursday in their opening game in Beijing.

A six-time Canadian champion and two-time world champion, Jones is the only female skip to go through undefeated at a single Olympic tournament. Fellow Canadian Kevin Martin is the only male skip to achieve that feat, pulling it off in 2010 in Vancouver.

Canada continues its Olympic campaign in Beijing against Sweden (1-1) on Friday at 8:05 p.m. ET.

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.

While Jones struggled to make shots, her counterpart Satsuki Fujisawa put in a near-flawless performance as Japan controlled the game.

Fujisawa, who won bronze in 2018 in Pyeongchang, played a great draw to the button with her final stone of the first end which meant her team was lying three. Jones' draw with the hammer was heavy but still managed to limit the damage, as Japan only stole one after a measurement.

Japan looked set to steal one in the following end, but Jones played a spectacular runback for two with the hammer to give Canada a 2-1 lead.

Fujisawa replied with a beautiful hit and roll to score a deuce in the third end as Japan retook the lead. Jones' take-out attempt with the hammer slid out too