Olympics: Yoshimura struggles as Japan opens curling tourney with 2 losses

After years working to reach curling's biggest stage, Japan skip Sayaka Yoshimura opened her Olympic account with two disappointing losses on Thursday at the Milan Cortina Winter Games.Japan fell 8-4 to powerhouse Sweden in the opening match at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, and then 10-7 in an extra end to Denmark.Against Denmark, Japan found itself 4-1 behind after four ends but showed fight to level the match at 7-7 at the close of the tenth.In the extra end, however, Denmark skip Madeleine Dupont made good use of the hammer, promoting one of her own stones and clearing Yoshimura's…READ FULL ARTICLE