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Russia defeat United States in curling

Russia defeat the United States 9-7 in the Olympic women's curling qualifying rounds today.

Russia have defeated the United States 9-7 in the Olympic women's curling qualifying rounds in Sochi.

The Americans were well in the lead after three ends at the Sochi Ice Cube Curling Center, surging into a 4-1 lead.

However, the home side, led by Anna Sidorova, fought back and established a narrow advantage in the subsequent rounds, courtesy of eight points in the following six ends.

The USA won the final end, but didn't do enough to dislodge the Russians from their winning position.

In other results, South Korea beat Japan 12-7, Switzerland narrowly defeated Denmark 7-6 and Sweden went down 9-3 to Canada.

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Britain's David Murdoch throws the stone during the 2014 Sochi winter olympics men's curling round robin session 1 match against Russia at the Ice Cube curling centre in Sochi on February 10, 2014
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