Sweden secured a third straight win in men's Olympic curling by beating Canada 7-6 on Tuesday, intensifying the early-tournament woes of the gold-medal favorites.
Canada has won the last two Olympic titles but now has lost back-to-back games in Sochi and was sloppy in its only win so far — against tournament outsider Germany on Monday.
"It's a two-way win, so to speak," Sweden skip Niklas Edin said, "both beating them and putting them 1-2. Now they can't really afford any more losses to be sure of making the playoffs."
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