Men's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 7 round-up: Great Britain hand Sweden their first defeat to reach semi-finals

Great Britain ended Sweden’s winning run to book their place in the Olympic semi-finals in the men’s curling tournament at Beijing 2022 on Tuesday (15 February)

Team GB, skipped by Bruce Mouat, made a bright start and stayed on the front foot throughout even as Sweden tried to exert pressure late on.

A steal in the first end followed by a double in second gave Britain an early 3-0 advantage.

When Sweden’s skip Niklas Edin eventually responded in the third, he was forced to take just the one due to stellar work from his counterpart Mouat to limit his options.

The scoreline steadied with exchanges of one before Britain struck a decisive blow in the eighth end. Mouat promoted one his stones to knock a Swedish rock out of the house and snatch a 7-3 lead.

Growing as the game progressed, Edin replied by generating his own two-point end for Sweden closing the game to 7-5 just in time for the 10th final end.

The British rink, with the hammer, succeeded in stifling the Swedes' attempts to create multiple point-scoring opportunities and, with the final shot of the game, Mouat took out a Swedish stone to ensure his opponents could only walk away with one – leaving the final score at 7-6 in the Britons’ favour.

Mouat and his quartet now join Sweden as the second team to qualify for the playoffs and they will compete for position in their last remaining round-robin matches.

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Having already beaten China in the morning, Canada missed the chance to qualify for the Beijing 2022 curling semi-finals on Tuesday as they fell to ROC 7-6 in an extra end.

After Points were at a premium in a match that saw neither team really take control.

Singles were the order