U.S. Women’s Olympic Curling Team Slips Down Further

The U.S. Women’s Curling team continued its journey of Olympic disappointment, losing to Denmark 8—5.

U.S. Skip Debbie McCormick delivers as Nicole Joraanstad and Natalie Nicholson sweep during the Women's Curling round robin game against Denmark at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Jamie Squire/Getty Images

The U.S. Women’s Olympic Curling team continued its journey of disappointment, losing to Denmark 8–5 in a game they could have won at several points.

The game came down to which team made the fewer terrible shots and strategy errors—and both teams made plenty of both. The United States team didn’t plan aggressively when it had a chance to score big, and Denmark only survived its errors because the U.S. seemed to miss in every clutch opportunity.

The U.S. fell behind 2–0, then came back in the third end with two points to tie the game. By the fifth end, the U.S. was ahead 4–2.

The sixth and seventh ends were the turning points in the game.