GB women's curlers lose in final end v Canada

Canada's beat Great Britain 9-6 in a tight encounter on the third day of women's Olympic curling at Sochi 2014.

British skip Eve Muirhead, with her team 8-6 behind, missed a high-risk, all-or-nothing shot at the death which handed Canada victory.



"I don't go for shots if I don't think they are there. We had a good chance in that last end," said Muirhead, whose team have won one of their three ties.


GB's men face the Swiss in their third fixture of the round-robin phase later.

Women's round-robin standings

Rank	Country	Played	Won	Lost
=1	Canada	3	3	0
=1	Switzerland	3	3	0
=3	China	3	2	1
=3	Japan	3	2	1
=3	Sweden	3	2	1
=3	Russia	4	2	2
=7	GB	3	1	2
=7	S.Korea	3	1	2
=9	Denmark	3	0	3
=9	USA	4	0	4

Correct at 14:00 GMT Wednesday
Top four qualify for semi-finals

After Canada's skip Jennifer Jones missed a relatively straightforward chance to win, Muirhead had been presented with a choice for her final shot.



The 23-year-old could have played it safe, scored two and taken the game to an extra end (in which Canada would have had the advantage of the final stone, known as the hammer).



But she attempted to clear all of the Canadian stones from the house for three and victory, only to see the gamble fail to pay off.



"It was a high-quality game, and Jennifer played fantastic," added Muirhead. "She put in a lot of great shots; she put a great tap in the ninth end against two of ours to score one.



"Jennifer played a great shot for three in the fifth end and that kind of puts you on the back foot.



"When you go three down against a high-quality hitting team like Canada you are always going to be chasing the whole game."



The GB women, currently joint seventh, have six round-robin games left, all against lower-ranked opponents.



They need a top-four finish to make the semi-finals.



Switzerland and Canada are the two unbeaten teams to date.