Winter Olympics: GB mixed doubles curlers lose to Switzerland
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Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat have won two of their three matches so far
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Great Britain's curling mixed doubles pair slipped to the first defeat of their Winter Olympics campaign against Switzerland in Beijing.
Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat lost 8-7 to the silver medallists of four years ago in another tense match.
It followed an impressive 6-4 win against defending champions Canada earlier on Thursday.
Dodds and Mouat have won two matches and lost one as they aim to secure a semi-final spot.
They face Australia at 05:35 GMT on Friday, before the opening ceremony marks the symbolic start of the Games later in the day.
All 10 teams play each other in the group stage, with the top four securing a chance to play for a medal.
Switzerland, who lost their first two matches, made the most of the ends for which they had last-stone advantage.
They took a score of three in the second when Dodds missed a chance to promote a guard stone, and did the same in the fourth to lead 6-3 at the halfway stage.
A fluffed take-out shot set up Dodds to clinch three and level the match at 7-7 heading into the last end, but Switzerland took one to seal victory.
Earlier, Canada had the final-stone advantage against GB, only for Dodds to punish a mistake and pinch the point that made sure of the win.
No country to have played three matches is unbeaten in the mixed doubles, which is featuring in the Games for only the second time.
Dodds & Mouat beat Canada to secure second win
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