Japan suffered an 8-5 defeat when reigning gold medalist Sweden came from behind to win in their first game of the Beijing Olympics women's curling on Thursday.Japan, the 2018 Pyeongchang Games bronze medalist, led 3-2 after the fifth end but allowed Sweden to steal three points in the sixth and gave away another three in the eighth as the 10-team round-robin got under way, with four teams advancing to the semifinals.The biggest chance for Hokkaido-based Loco Solare, which represented Japan four years ago, arrived in the ninth end while trailing 8-4.Skip Satsuki Fujisawa could have scored f…READ FULL ARTICLE