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Thursday, 16 February 2006 |
British men's curlers beat Norwegian Olympic champions
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British men curlers bounced back from being defeated earlier on to beat
the reigning Norwegian Olympic champions 6-3 in their second match of
the day in Pinerolo.
David Murdoch's curler team had slipped to a 9-5 defeat against Canada, but showed impressive resolve to beat Norway.
The close match turned on Norwegian skipper Paal Trulsen's mistake in
the ninth end when his stone, which was not strong enough at all, let
Britain take a two-shot lead.
Then the British team held off Norway all the way to the finish for their third win.
Each team will have nine round-robin games, with the best four
progressing to the knock-out stages and the latest win by the British
curling team puts them firmly in contention.
Britain are in joint first place in the overall standings, holding the same record (of wins and losses) to Sweden and Canada.
David Murdoch's team rallied with an impressive double in the eighth
end, but lost out after Canada picked up two more shots putting them in
the lead by four with one end to go.
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