Facing Switzerland, still undefeated in this curling tournament at the Beijing Olympics, the Canadians failed twice with the hammer late in the game to lose 8-4 on Sunday.
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Jennifer Jones’ team was never able to dislodge the Swiss stones in the house in the eighth and ninth ends, so their opponents scored two points each time.
Jones took much of the blame. A bad pitch opened the door for Silvana Tirinzoni and her team in the eighth end, when a 4-4 tie was on the board.
“I am very disappointed with this result, said Jones according to Radio-Canada. I missed important shots. We were controlling the game at that time. Who knows what might have happened if I had succeeded. We are so close to being very, very good in this tournament. This defeat is my fault, we had a good game otherwise.
The representatives of the maple leaf thus show a record of 1-3 which is partly explained by the fact that they have faced in particular Sweden, Switzerland and South Korea so far. These are the three nations occupying the first three places in the World Curling Federation rankings.
They will play two games on Monday, against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and Great Britain, before enjoying a day off on Tuesday.
Disappointment in male pursuit
The Canadians were unable to advance to the quarter-finals in the team pursuit in long track speed skating.
The Maple Leaf representatives, Jordan Belchos, Ted-Jan Bloemen and Connor Howe, finished the race in fifth place, with a time of 3:40.17. This is a disappointment, considering the Canadians are third in the World Cup standings in this discipline.
It was the United States, Norway, the ROC and the Netherlands who got their ticket to the semi-finals.
In the women’s 500m event, the three Canadians in action were not able to win. Marsha Hudey (38.79), Brooklyn McDougall (38.84) and Heather McLean (39.31) finished 21st, 22nd and 27th respectively. It was the American Erin Jackson (37.04) who won the competition, ahead of the Japanese Miho Takagi (37.12) and the Russian Angelina Golikova (37.21).
In short
Erik Read (2 min 12.44 s) posted the best Canadian result in the alpine ski slalom. He took 13th place. Trevor Philp (2:19.08) finished 24th. Due to the difficult conditions caused by a snow shower, 43 skiers did not complete their two runs. The Swiss Marco Odermatt (2:09.35) triumphed.
Several ski events have been postponed due to reduced visibility.
Quebecers Antoine Cyr and Olivier Léveillé and their partners Graham Ritchie and Rémi Drolet finished 11th in the 4 x 10 km cross-country skiing relay won by the Russian Olympic Committee.
The only Canadian registered in the 10 km biathlon pursuit, Emma Lunder the 54th and penultimate skier to see the finish. Including seven shooting penalties, she needed 42:19.3 to get there, 7:32.4 ahead of Norway’s Marte Olsbu Roeiseland.
