Men's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 5 round-up: Sweden maintain unblemished record with Britain in pursuit

Sweden continue to lead the men’s curling tournament at Beijing 2022 after beating Norway to take their record to 5-0 on Sunday (13 February).

Niklas Edin and his rink survived their toughest test yet as the Norwegians pushed the PyeongChang 2018 silver medallists all the way until the final end.

With the scores tied 4-4, Norway had the advantage of the hammer in the 10th and final end.

Edin was lying two after his final stone but Steffen Walstad was left with what looked a fairly routine double take-out to win the match.

But he was off-line with his shot, only clipping the first of the stones near the button and rolling out for Sweden steal of two and a 6-4 win which leaves them unbeaten.

It was a day of mixed fortunes for reigning Olympic champions USA.

After suffering a 10-5 defeat to neighbours Canada in the morning session, John Shuster's rink returned to see off China 8-6.

The Americans looked in control as they led 7-3 after six ends.

But the gap was down to one going into the final end after China stole one when Shuster missed a double take-out instead of a simple draw for one.

That did mean USA had the hammer in the 10th, and Shuster drew for a single to take a victory which leaves them on 3-3 and with work to do to make the top four.

Team Canada rebounded from back-to-back losses to defeat defending USA in a 10-5 romp.

Canadian skip Brad Gushue came out of the blocks firing as he followed up an opening score of one with a four-point steal in the second end.

Victory looked all but guaranteed at the halfway mark with Canada 7-1 in front.

Determined not to let their northern neighbours have things their own way, Shuster responded with a triple in the sixth end.

But they were unable to further cut the deficit, and