Curling: Japan women off to winning start in bid for 1st Olympic medal

Japan jumped out to an early lead with a two-point steal in the first end and never looked back, winning its women's curling preliminary match against the United States 10-5 at the Pyeongchang Olympic Games on Wednesday.In a match between the only nations yet to win a women's medal despite being among a group that has participated every Olympic Games the event has been contested, Japan took a 7-0 lead into the fourth end at Gangneung Curling Centre, but the U.S. responded with three points of their own in the sixth end to cut the deficit to four.The Japanese team, skipped by Satsuki Fujisaw…READ FULL ARTICLE