China to surprise the lead male in the group

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China to surprise the lead male in the group

On the third day of the tournament Olympic men's curling round robin China guide and travel offers in Switzerland who collects 3 defeats in 4 games away and sees the semi-finals. Ice Ice Cube'' s of the Sochi team led by Liu Rui had better just'' s last stone at the end of a battle balanced.

The ranking, which sees the Asians in the head and stumbled must not deceive. Their path now becomes decidedly uphill seen in the last 5 4 big challenges will have to meet. Speech is diametrically opposed to the Swiss, who, after the victory over Canada fall in the ranking of the group but only now can count on a calendar much easier. First defeat for Sweden in the derby with Rasmus Stjerne. The decisive fifth end when Denmark took advantage of a pair of opponents mistakes to lead 6-2 thanks to 4 points. Norway remains unbeaten Thomas Ulsrud, runner up in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. In the women's Canada wins the best match of the day on Britain, always under the score board, which also had the opportunity to groped the bang with the last stone''. Eve Muirhead instead settle for second place a point to go all'' extra end he attempted a risky rejected for marcarne 3 instead allowing the hand stolen. Session 4 uominiUSA b. Denmark 5Norvegia 9-b. Germany 5Cina 8-b. Switzerland 5-4 Session 4 donneGiappone b. Russia 4Cina 8-b. USA 7-4Svezia b. Korea 7-4Canada b. GBR 9-6 Session 5 uominiGBR b. Switzerland 4-2Cina b. Germany 11-7Danimarca b. Sweden 8-5 (9th end) Canada b. Russia 7-4 (9th end) women's rankings 3-0 Switzerland2 Canada2-0-1-1 Russia1 China1 GBR1-1-1-1 Japan1 Corea1 Sweden0-1-3-3 Danimarca0 USA men's ranking 4-0 China3 Norway3-0-1-1 GBR3 Sweden2 Canada2-2-2-2 Denmark1 Switzerland0 USA1-3-4-4 Deutschland0 Russia
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