Japan takes a big step toward the Beijing Winter Olympic women s curling semifinals, blowing a four-point lead before holding on to beat the United States 10-7 in its penultimate round-robin game.
The only female skip to go through an Olympic tournament undefeated, Canada s Jennifer Jones, who did it in 2014, is a revered figure in the curling world. Among her ardent admirers is JaJapan third Chinami Yoshida, whose Loco Solare team handed Jones her first-ever Olympic defeat.