Men's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 1 round-up: Opening wins for Canada, Sweden, Norway and USA

Defending champions United States survived a close encounter with the ROC to clinch their first win in the men’s curling tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Wednesday (9 February).

They were joined in the winners' camp by Canada, Sweden and Norway who also picked up victories in the first session of round robin hosted by Beijing's 'Ice Cube'.

US skip John Shuster and his team were taken to an extra end after a measure confirmed the ROC had done enough to tie the game at 5-5 after 10 ends.

A stunning double-takeout by Shuster with his penultimate stone left the ROC with very few options to steal the game in the 11th.

Despite a stellar shot by five-time Olympian Sergei Glukhov, Shuster's perfect draw with the hammer saw the U.S. win it 6-5.

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PyeongChang 2018 bronze medallists Switzerland made a disappointing start as they went down 7-4 to Norway.

The Swiss, skipped by Benoit Schwarz , found themselves down 4-2 after six ends thanks to a steady stream of one-point scores by the Norwegians.

They drew level in the eighth, but a two-point ninth end followed by a steal in the 10th saw Norway make a winning start ahead of Thursday's meeting with Canada.

Sweden began their hunt for the prize that has long eluded them with a 6-4 victory over the People’s Republic of China.

Skip Niklas Edin has five world titles and medals at the last two Games, but Olympic gold is the one he and his rink want.

After two blank ends, Sweden - with mixed doubles bronze medallist Oskar Eriksson playing third - scored one in end three and two in number four to go 3-0 in front.

The Chinese rink responded with two one-point scores of their own, but a Sweden