Women's curling at Beijing 2022 Olympics Day 4 round-up: Switzerland defeat Canada to extend winning run

The women’s curling tournament at Beijing 2022 continued to deliver more twists as the round-robin element passed the halfway mark on Sunday (13 February).

World champions Switzerland once again flashed their impressive winning credentials as they downed Canada 8-4 to extend their win streak to 5-0 in the 'Ice Cube'.

Jennifer Jones’ attempt at redemption following yesterday’s loss to Sweden failed to gain traction after calamitous eighth and ninth ends flipped what had been a close clash in the Swiss’ favour.

Back-to-back final misses by the Canadian skip gave Switzerland consecutive two-point steals, pushing the score-line from 4-4 to 8-4 going into the final end.

Deep into the tenth, when it became clear a four-point end wasn’t on the cards, the Canadians made the call to concede the game to drop 1-3.

Reigning champions Sweden returned to winning ways, after yesterday's upset to China, with a 10-4 triumph over the United States of America.

Team USA looked the brighter of the two sides at the start, sitting 3-2 up going into the fifth end.

However, a two-point steal by Sweden in the sixth promptly altered the course of the match as skip Anna Hasselborg leapt on a chance to punish her counterpart’s mistakes.

Posting another score of two in the eighth end, Sweden pushed their lead out to 7-4.

The nail in the coffin for skip Tabitha Peterson and her rink came in the ninth end when Hasselborg delivered a sublime takeout to remove the US’ only stone in the house to lie four.

Peterson had a draw to the button to take one, but an overthrow meant that Sweden stole three to blow the score-line out to 10-6.

The US conceded the game and with it accepted back-to-back losses. They will return to the National Aquatics Centre tomorrow