Men's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 3 round-up: Sweden on top after defeats for Canada and GB

Sweden are the only remaining undefeated team following an intriguing third day of the men’s curling tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics on Friday (11 February).

Skip Niklas Edin and his quartet breezed to a 9-3 victory in eight ends over Italy at the conclusion of the day’s morning session to sit clear at the top of the round-robin table.

Defending champions United States of America bounced back from their loss to the world champions on Thursday.

John Shuster's rink produced a masterclass of clinical play to defeat Great Britain 9-7.

Down 5-2 after four ends, Bruce Mouat and his men roared back, scoring a double and then stealing two to go into the lead.

But the errors then crept in and five-time Olympian Shuster pounced. With the scores tied at 7-7 in the ninth end, Mouat came up short with his final two draws to hand Shuster a double with Britain conceding in the 10th.

The British rink accepted the loss and conceded the game in the 10th end.

"There were a lot of points scored," reflected Shuster after the game. "We managed a tough stint there in the middle and put a lot of points on the board. Our team did a great job."

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Back on the ice in evening session against Norway, it wasn’t long before Mouat's European champions returned to winning ways.

The British rink strung together a much sharper performance to triumph Norway 8-3 in seven ends.

In control throughout the match, all four members of Team Mouat were on song as the Brits went 5-1 up after four ends.

Norway’s response of one in the fifth end did little to stem the incoming tide.

After the break, Team GB returned eager to close out the game and Mouat's wonderfully executed double