2012/2013 Winter Sports Thread

Snowboard Cross World Cup

Gillings ends World Cup season with top-10 finish

Zoe Gillings settled for another top-10 finish after narrowly failing to make the snowboard cross final in Sierra Nevada.
The two-time Olympian was pipped to fourth place - with the top three qualifying - by a board length in her semi-final.
She then finished fourth in the B final to finish 10th overall, as Canada's Dominique Maltais claimed the win ahead of France's Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Olympic champion Maelle Ricker. France's Pierre Vaultier won the men's event.
The result means Gillings finishes the World Cup campaign ranked 12th - although her fifth place finish earlier in the season in Austria will boost confidence ahead of next year's Sochi Olympics.
 
Speed Skating World Championships

Yuskov ends Russian wait for world title

Dennis Yuskov underlined his Olympic ambitions as he claimed Russia's first speed skating world title in 17 years.
Yuskov defeated three-time world champion Shani Davis to win the men's 1500m title at next year's Olympic venue in Sochi.
Davis finished just over half a second behind while Russia's Ivan Skobrev completed the podium.
"It was my best run this season," said Yuskov. "Five minutes before the heat, I decided that I would make a quick start and it helped me eventually."

Holland's Ireen Wust, the 2006 Olympic champion, clocked 4:02.43 to claim her seventh worlds gold over 3000m.
Defending champion Martina Sablikova, of the Czech Republic, was 2.37 seconds behind, with Germany's five-time Olympic gold medallist Claudia Pechstein third - her 38th podium finish at the worlds.
 
Speed Skating World Championships

Wust takes second gold in Sochi

Double Olympic champion Ireen Wust claimed her second gold medal in as many days at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships with victory in the ladies' 1500m in Sochi.
The 26-year-old opened her account in the Russian Olympic host city with a dominant victory in the 3000m on Thursday, winning by 2.37 seconds ahead of Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic.
Wust then turned her attentions to the 1500m in Sochi and her margin of victory was even bigger as she beat Dutch team-mate Lotte van Beek by 2.64 after clocking a time of 1:55.38.
Defending champion Christine Nesbitt had to make do with bronze another 0.05 behind while Sven Kramer made it a Dutch double with the defence of his men's 5000m title.
Kramer, who like Wust won both the European and world allround titles this year, was an even bigger winner than his Dutch teammate after posting a time of 6:14.41.
That gave him victory by 3.53 ahead of another Dutch skater Jorrit Bergsma while Russian Ivan Skobrev completed the podium ahead of Denis Yuskov with 6:18.31.
Denis Kuzin won Kazakhstan's first major title with gold in the men’s 1000m, clocking 1:09.14 to defeat Olympic 500m champion Mo Tae-Bum by a tenth of a second.
American Shani Davis took bronze to add to his silver from the 1500m on Thursday and Kuzin, who broke his shoulder last summer, hailed a victory against all odds.
"I wanted to resign before this season," said Kuzin. "After surgery I was told I have no chance of coming back into sports but I began to work and reached my goal.
"I will come back to Sochi next year, hoping to win again."
 
Freestyle Skiing - Summerhayes just misses medal at X Games

Freestyle skier Katie Summerhayes just missed out on a medal at the Winter X Games in Tignes.
Summerhayes, who carried the British flag at last year's Winter Youth Olympic Games, ranked fourth in the ski slopestyle event as Canadian world champion Kaya Turski took gold ahead of Norway's Tiril Christiansen and Canada's Dara Howell.
But 17-year old Summerhayes, who won a World Cup silver this season and finished fourth at the recent World Championships, described herself as stoked with the performance, although conceding there was work to do to close the points gap on the top three.
However, there was disappointment for British world silver medallist James Woods who ranked a disappointing 14th in the men's ski slopestyle qualifying and failed to progress to the final.
 
Freestyle Skiing - Kearney and Kingsbury win overall moguls titles

Hannah Kearney was awarded victory as poor weather wreaked havoc in Sierra Nevada to take the overall ladies' freestyle ski moguls World Cup title in style while Mikael Kingsbury claimed the men's crown.
Olympic champion Kearney placed first in qualification and Kingsbury fourth with Canadian team-mate Alexandre Bilodeau leading with that where the results were based due to bad weather.
Both Kearney and Kingsbury led the overall World Cup standings ahead of the last round of the season, a dual moguls event scheduled, and they stayed there despite the finals not taking place.
Kearney claimed her second successive victory after winning the second event in Are last time out to end with 731 points overall, 91 ahead of Justine Dufour-Lapointe who was fifth in qualification.
Olympic champion Bilodeau claimed a third straight win after placing first in the men's qualification however Kingsbury's ranking of fourth saw him take the overall title by 47 points.
Bilodeau was always up against it with 97 separating the two after the penultimate round in Are with Kingsbury's defending his title from last year, like Kearney, and ending on 940 points.
 
Snowboard - Brit Fuller sixth at Winter X Games

Aimee Fuller finished sixth in women's snowboard slopestyle competition at the Winter X Games in Tignes to complete a mixed event for British athletes.
Fuller was the last of the four Brits in action in France, placing sixth after landing a double backflip and a cab underflip tail grab during her three runs.
She scored 61.66 with her first, 26.66 with her second and 73.00 with her third as Norway's Silje Norendal took the victory with a score of 93.00.
Two-time defending X Games Tignes champion Jamie Anderson had to make do with second with 85.66 and another Norwegian Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas third with 82.66.
Fuller's sixth-place finish follows a fourth from Katie Summerhayes in the women's freestyle ski slopestyle final, which was the best British performance in Tignes.
World Championship silver medallist James Woods didn't qualify for the men's freestyle ski slopestyle final nor did Jamie Nicholls in the snowboard slopestyle.
 
Speed Skating World Championships

Fatkulina claims Russia's second gold in three days

Olga Fatkulina claimed Russia's second gold in three days at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships on home ice in Sochi with victory in the ladies' 1000m.
Russia headed into their home World Championships having not won a gold for 17 years but Denis Yuskov ended that on the very first say after storming to victory in the men's 1500m.
And, after Ivan Skobrev claimed bronze in the men's 5000m on day two, Fatkulina ensured the Russian national anthem was played out again in the Olympic host city in the ladies' 1000m.
She clocked 1:15.44 minutes for the win with Ireen Wust, already victorious in the ladies' 3000m and 1500m, 0.27 seconds adrift for silver with Brittany Bowe of America another 0.16 back for bronze.
Wust had a second chance to return to the top of the podium in the ladies' 5000m however she once again had to settle for silver as Martina Sablikova exacted revenge on the Dutch skater.
Sablikova was beaten to gold by Wust in the 3000m on the opening day however the Czech skater emphatically put her in her place in the 5000m defeating her by almost nine seconds in Sochi.
She was the only skater to duck under seven minutes, clocking 6:54.31, with Wust 8.65 seconds back for silver while Claudia Pechstein was 9.76 behind in total for bronze.
However, while the Netherlands missed out in both the ladies' events on day three, they completely dominated the only men's race, the 10,000m, recording a one-two-three.
Jorrit Bergsma defeated favourite Sven Kramer by 2.02 seconds after posting a time of 12:57.69 while Bob de Jong completing the podium after clocking 13:00.26.
 
Speed Skating World Championships

Lee Sang-Hwa retains world title in Sochi

South Korea's Lee Sang-Hwa proved unbeatable on the final day of the World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships as she won both heats of the 500m to retain her world title in Sochi.
The reigning Olympic champion dominated in an overall time of 75.34 seconds, finishing well clear of China's Wang Beixing in second.
Russia's Olga Fatkulina had won yesterday's 1000m but had to settle for bronze in the shorter distance as she edged out Germany's Jenny Wolf.
It was a memorable day for South Koreans with Mo Tae-Bum emulating his compatriot by retaining the men's 500m.
It was a lot closer for Tae-Bum, who won by just .06 seconds from Japan's Joji Kato, with Dutchman Jan Smeekens coming third.
If it was South Korea's day in the individual events, the Dutch were untouchable in the team races, winning both men’s and women's pursuit titles.
The quartet of Jan Blokhuijsen, Sven Kramer, Koen Verweij and Jorrit Bergsma won in 3:42.03, with South Korea second and Poland third.
The Dutch women were even more dominant, Marrit Leenstra, Diane Valkenburg, Ireen Wust and Linda De Vries winning by nearly five seconds from Poland in second and South Korea third.
 
Freestyle Skiing - Briton Woods crowned World Cup champion

James Woods didn't contest the final freestyle ski slopestyle World Cup round of the season in Sierra Nevada but it had no affect on his position at the top as he was still crowned overall champion.
The 21-year-old has enjoyed a fine season winning the first two rounds of the World Cup season in Argentina in September and then America in January before taking Winter X Games bronze in Aspen.
Woods claimed World Championship silver in Norway last month, Britain's first medal at the event for 20 years, and has now been crowned World Cup champion after the fourth and final round.
He didn't contest the final which saw American Lyman Currier win with a best effort of 87.6 from his second run with Oscar Wester second with 86.2 and Felix Stridsberg-Usterud third with 85.0.
However it had little effect on the overall standings with Woods the champion elect prior to events in Sierra Nevada and ending the season with 226 points, 86 ahead of Johan Berg in second.
Britain did still have a representative in the final though as Tyler Harding finished 15th on only his second ever World Cup start with a score of 49.6 from his second of two runs in Spain.

Meanwhile American Keri Herman was in the same position as Woods not competing in the ladies' final, won by compatriot Alexi Micinski, but still taking the overall slopestyle World Cup title.
Micinski recovered from an effort of 27.2 first time out to score 82.0 on her second run with another American Julia Marino second with 65.0 and Anna Willcox-Silfverberg third with 50.0.
Herman, who like Woods won the opening two rounds of the season, finished with 200 points, 50 ahead of Norwegian Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen in second.
 
Ski Cross World Cup

Smith takes advantage of fog to claim Crystal Globe

Fanny Smith was the main beneficiary as the final race of the Ski Cross World Cup in Sierra Nevada was cancelled, confirming her as the winner of the Crystal Globe.
Leading Ophelie David by 89 points before the final event, she was already well-placed but the poor visibility at the event in Spain meant that she wrapped up the World Cup title without even competing.
That was the only title yet to be decided, with Smith completing a Swiss cleansweep after Alex Fiva had already claimed the men's event a week ago in Sweden.
David finished second in the women's event, with another Frenchwoman, Marielle Berger third, while Armin Niederer and Victor Oehling-Norberg came second and third respectively in the men's.
Switzerland also claimed the Nation’s Cup title from France, with Canada rounding off the podium.
 
Sochi organisers store snow in case of shortage

While Moscow digs itself out of a huge snow storm that hit the Russian capital in the last few days, organisers of the Winter Olympics in Sochi are worried a lack of white powder could become a problem next February.
Unseasonably warm temperatures this winter in Sochi have ****** local organisers to store some 450,000 cubic metres of snow in the nearby Caucasus Mountains that surround this sub-tropical Black Sea resort.
"We've prepared seven separate areas for snow storage high up in the mountains," Sergei Bachin, general director of Roza Khutor, a ski resort in Krasnaya Polyana that will host Alpine skiing, snowboarding and freestyle Olympic competition, told Reuters.
"I want to assure all the competitors that there won't be any shortage of snow next February even if we encounter even warmer temperatures next year," he said.
"We're storing such huge amounts of snow just in case."
The snow will be covered with a "special thermo seal", to protect it from melting during the summer, Bachin said.
"We expect that about 140,000 (cubic metres) will melt away but we'll still have more than 300,000 cubic metres of snow available for next year," he predicted, saying the storage will cost his company an extra $11 million.
Nevertheless, Sochi 2014 chief Dmitry Chernyshenko has stated on several occasions that the weather has become a bigger problem for the organisers, who are frantically trying to finish all the construction projects on time, than security or the infrastructure.
Bachin, however, assured that Krasnaya Polyana, once a sleepy mountain village, about 70 kilometres from central Sochi, would be ready to host all the outdoor Olympic events next February rain or shine.
"Of the 76 Olympic test events scheduled in Krasnaya Polyana this winter a great majority had been completed and only a handful have been called off because of bad weather," he said.
"I think we've passed the test as the last major event of the season was held this weekend in nearby Laura complex."
Usually, Krasnaya Polyana has the opposite problem - too much snow and the risk of avalanches, Bachin said.
"This was a very odd winter. Even locals don't remember when was the last time they had such warm days in the mountains. It's highly unlikely we'll see the same kind of weather next year," he added.
 
Freestyle Skiing - Riddle leaves it late to claim World Cup title

Canadian Mike Riddle claimed victory in the final halfpipe freestyle World Cup event of the season in Sierra Nevada, Spain, to pip his rivals to the overall title.
Riddle, 26, headed to Spain sitting 80 points off leader Torin Yater-Wallace of America in second.
But the 2011 world champion finished on top of the summit as he claimed his second victory of the campaign, adding to his success from Copper Mountain back in January, to finish 20 points ahead of Yater-Wallace with American David Wise finishing third on 205 points - the latter two not in action in Spain.
There was more for Canada to celebrate in the women's event as Riddle's compatriot Rosalind Groenewoud claimed victory, but it wasn't enough to wrestle the crystal globe away from Switzerland's Virginie Faivre.
This was the 23-year-old's first World Cup win of the season, having also claimed the world title back in 2011, but but Faivre finished second in Spain to keep hold of her World Cup lead.
Faivre finished the season on 312 points with Groenewoud hot on her heels in second just seven points behind, ultimately running out of events to close the gap. Japan's Ayana Onozuka finished third on 276 after finishing in the same position in Spain.
Emma Lonsdale was Great Britain's best finisher in the women's as she ended eighth to finish the season 19th, with compatriot Rowan Cheshire 15th as she completed the campaign in 24th.
Meanwhile in the men's competition, Murray Buchan of Great Britain was 20th to finish his season in 31st, while Peter Speight was 37th in Spain.
 
Snowboard - Rising star Potter shines at British Championships

Welsh snowboarder Maisey Potter underlined her future potential with a storming victory as she claimed gold at the British Championships in Tignes.
Potter, who was part of Team GB at last month's European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Brasov, defied difficult conditions to take the snowboardcross title ahead of Ros Kealey and 13-year old rising star Ayla Thidling. British snowboard coach James Foster retained his men's snowboard cross title. “I’ve now won three years in a row which I am so happy about," said Potter. "It feels brilliant. I’m loving the new resort and being in Tignes, there’s just so much to see here. I thought the course was great, it’s just a real shame about the weather.” Meanwhile, slopestyle specialist Katie Summerhayes - firmly established on the world scene after her fourth places at the World Championships and last week's X Games, won gold in the first freestyle skiing competition of the week. Summerhayes, still only 17, took the title ahead of Anna Vincenti, while her 15-year old ****** Molly completed the podium. “I was really happy to get the gold. The other girls are getting stronger so I had to be on good form," she said. "The park guys did a really good job on the course and it was well laid out. It was a shame about the weather, but all of us went for it and it was good to see people still came out to watch."
 
Snowboard - Kadono takes World Cup title, Brit Morgan claims medal

Japan's Yuuki Kadono claimed the men's snowboard slopestyle World Cup title in perfect fashion at the season finale in Sierra Nevada as Brit Billy Morgan claimed his first ever medal on the tour.
Kadono started the final round of the season in equal 14th in the overall slopestyle World Cup standings after a 14th in Copper Mountain and 12th at Spindleruv Mlyn.
However, as the weather and heavy fog once again caused disruption at the Spanish resort, victory for Kadono saw him jump up all the way to first for the overall World Cup.
Kadono claimed his maiden World Cup win with a score of 94.00 from his second run while his first effort of 88.00 would have also seen him end victorious.
Maxence Parrot of Canada finished second with a first-run effort of 85.50 while Brit Morgan, making only his fourth World Cup start and third in slopestyle, placed third.
Morgan scored 78.50 on his first run for third, his second effort was 27.75, with another Canadian Jonathan Versteeg in fourth with a total of 72.50 first time out.
Kadono ended the season with 1400 points for the slopestyle World Cup title with Sven Thorgren, who finished ninth in Sierra Nevada, placed second overall with 1250.
Torstein Horgmo was third with 1220, Parrot fourth with 1200, Stale Sandbech fifth with 1120 and Morgan, who finished fifth in Copper Mountain and 34th at Spindleruv Mlyn, sixth with 1072.
And, while the men's event was completed in Sierra Nevada, the women's had to be cancelled due to time and safety issues with no title awarded.
 
Snowboard - Brit Morgan 'super stoked' at first career World Cup medal

Billy Morgan claimed his first career snowboard slopestyle World Cup medal in Sierra Nevada and says he is "super stoked" about it.
The 23-year-old has shown glimpses of his potential over the course of the season having won the big air competition at the London Freeze Festival at Battersea Power Station in October.
Morgan was fifth at the opening slopestyle World Cup event the season in Copper Mountain at the start of January and fourth at the World Championships in Stoneham less than two weeks later.
A 34th in Spindleruv Mlyn was an otherwise blip on a fine season to date which was completed by him taking his first medal on just his third World Cup start in the snowboard slopestyle discipline.
Morgan scored 78.50 on his first run, his second outing produced 27.75, as 16-year-old Yuuki Kadono took victory with an effort of 94.00 which also saw him claim the overall World Cup title.
Brit Morgan made his World Cup debut in any event in November last year, finish seventh in the big air competition in Antwerp and finished sixth in this season's overall slopestyle standings.
The 23-year-old took 1072 points for the season while fellow Brits Nate Kern, Sam Turnbull and Jamie Nicholls didn't make it past the qualification round at the season finale in Sierra Nevada.
Morgan's success follows a spate of good results for Britain's freestyle skiers with James Woods the overall World Cup champion in that discipline's slopestyle event.
Katie Summerhayes took her maiden World Cup medal in ladies' freestyle ski slopestyle with silver in Silvaplana in February and Morgan was over the moon at getting in on the act himself.
He said: "I'm super stoked. Everybody was riding so well. I really worked hard for this. When the weather came in I thought that they would cancel it. I sat on the bubble and luckily survived."
However poor weather did prevent there from being any more British success in Sierra Nevada thanks to delay's from the men's contest, warm temperatures, soft snow and upcoming wind.
All combined to ***** the cancellation of the women's event which would have seen Brits Jenny Jones, Aimee Fuller and Katie Ormerod in action.
 
Freestyle Skiing - Drake happy with ski switch after claiming national title

Ed Drake claims he has had no regrets about switching from the alpine skiing circuit to try his hand at ski cross ahead of next year's Winter Olympics.
The 27-year-old competed in downhill, giant slalom, super-G and the super combined at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, with a highest finish of 29th. But has spent this year focussed on the dramatic freestyle discipline, in which four skiers race each other over a one kilometre course. He admits he has not found it easy, failing to finish his first two World Cup starts and posting a best finish of 51st in his other two races. But he won the national title in Tignes this week and believes progress is being made ahead of next year's Games. "I am loving competing in ski cross and I'm really pleased with my decision to change from alpine," he said. "I’m very happy with my win and have been impressed with the BRITS. This is my first time and there is such a buzz here in Tignes. “I thought the weather would be a real factor but the course actually rode very well." Emily Sarsfield has enjoyed her best season yet on the women's ski cross circuit, with three top 20 finishes and a 17th at the World Championships in Norway. And, as expected, she retained her national title. “After competing on the World Cup circuit all winter I was really nervous coming into the BRITS," she said. "I felt a lot of pressure on me as British number one but the track was built really well and I really enjoyed riding it. I’m stoked to win again.”
 
Snowboard Halfpipe World Cup

Korpi and Rodriguez win at finale as Lago claims Crystal Globe

Janne Korpi and Sophie Rodriguez claimed their first snowboard halfpipe World Cup wins of the season at the final round which saw Scotty Lago claim the men's Crystal Globe without competing.
Korpi and Rodriguez both produced unbeatable first runs as the curtain came down on the entire snowboard season at what has been a foggy, windy and warm Spanish resort of Sierra Nevada.
Finnish snowboarder Korpi was awarded 91.00 from his first run, posting 15.50 on his second, for the win well ahead of Japanese duo Ayumu Nedefuji and Shuhei Sato in second and third.
Nedefuji posted 83.75 on his first run which allowed him to finish second while Shuhei was the most consistent with an opening effort of 82.50 and second score of 82.00 in Sierra Nevada.
That placed him third while Brit Dom Harrington claimed his best-ever World Cup finish in halfpipe, ranking 14th with 52.75 while Vancouver Olympian Ben Kilner was 20th with 43.75.
However no one could surpass the overall points total of Olympic bronze medallist Lago in Sierra Nevada despite the American not competing as he was awarded the men’s halfpipe World Cup title.
Lago had a lead of 420 points after the penultimate round in Sochi last month, with a maximum of 1000 on offer in Spain, however Yiwei Zhang couldn't do enough to overhaul him.
Sitting second overall going into the final round Zhang was the only one who came close to denying Lago but seventh after a best run of 66.75 saw him finish 60 points short.
Meanwhile Lago's American team-mate Kelly Clark already had the women's halfpipe World Cup title wrapped up and also wasn't in Sierra Nevada allowing Rodriguez to hog the limelight.
She took her first victory of the five rounds this season with a score of 82.50 from her first run with Liu Jiayu of China second with 78.00 and Switzerland's Ursina Haller third with 76.75.
Rodriguez's win was just the second of her World Cup career with her first coming over nine years ago in the Austrian resort of Kreischberg in January of 2004.
 
World Women's Curling Championships

Schoepp defeats Sidorova on return to world stage

Germany skip Andrea Schoepp inflicted defeat onto European champion Anna Sidorova as the World Women's Curling Championships got underway in Latvia and she wants more of the same.
Schoepp, who won global gold in 1988 and 2010, had to withdraw from last year's World Championships following a serious injury just before the competition started in Canada.
In her absence Germany didn't make it out of the round-robin stage however Schoepp got her rink off to the perfect start by beating Sidorova's European champions first up.
Russia went in front in the ninth end when Sidorova hit to score three points to make it 9-8 however Schoepp's rink scored three points with their last stone for an 11-9 victory.
And Schoepp said: "I just want to have fun here, and have some good games, and then we will see what happens. Anything will be better than lying in a bed in a hospital like last year."
Meanwhile USA skip Erika Brown also got her campaign off to a winning start with a 10-3 victory over Italy while Switzerland skip Silvana Tirinzoni led her rink rink to a 7-6 win against Japan.
Chinese skip Bingyu Wang made an irrecoverable start against Danish counterpart Lene Nielsen handed them a steal of three points in the fourth end and then steal five in the fifth.
Leading 10-0, Denmark eventually ran out 11-4 winners and skip Nielsen believes such a big victory in their first game of the World Championships could prove to be vital later down the line.
"It's really important that we started with a win. We wanted to keep it simple, get a feel for the ice, and just get started," said Nielsen.
"We've never beaten this team before. But the ice was quite tricky and both teams struggled with draw-weight and we figured it out on top, so I'm glad about that."
 
World Women's Curling Championships

Muirhead makes winning start against Canada at curling Worlds

Eve Muirhead got off to a flying start at the women's curling World Championships with a victory over Olympic silver medallists Canada.
The Scottish skip, a silver medallist three years ago, opened strongly alongside her rink of Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Claire Hamilton.
But Canada's Rachel Homan quickly responded, with the game close until Scotland scored in the eighth and ninth ends for a 6-4 win.
"It was one of our goals when we came out here - to get off to a good start, and especially against Canada," said Muirhead.
"We know Canada is such a good team and it's always close games against them.
"We got off to a great start and then unfortunately for them they had the fall in the second end which gave us a steal of one."
Scotland will continue their campaign in Riga with group matches against unbeaten rivals Sweden and Germany on Sunday.
 
World Women's Curling Championships

Scotland fall to heavy first defeat to Sweden at worlds

Scottish skip Eve Muirhead was given a rude awakening at the World Women's Curling Championships as she fell to a heavy first defeat in her second game in Riga, Latvia.
Muirhead's Scottish rink defeated Canada and Rachel Homan 6-4 in their opening encounter on Saturday but were no match for Swedish skip Margaretha Sigfridsson second time out.
Sweden scored three points in the first end when fourth player Maria Prytz drew into a busy house before following that up with a promote take-out of a solitary Scottish stone in the fourth.
That gave Sweden five points with the contest over in the sixth end with the score at 11-2 as Sigfridsson exacted revenge on Muirhead for defeat in page one-two play-off at the Europeans.
Sigfridsson fell 9-3 to Muirhead on home ice in December but recovered to take bronze as Scotland settled for silver and she admitted to enjoying every moment of their second successive win in Riga.
"We got off to a good start of course, and then we played better than they did. They had a few more good chances to score but we sorted out it," said Sigfridsson.
"We usually like to play Scotland in the round-robin because we usually win and it was a great win."
Elsewhere Switzerland remain undefeated from their three games after an 8-5 victory over China, who in comparison are yet to record a win from the same amount of matches.
Canada skip Homan bounced back from defeat to Muirhead's Scottish rink to inflict a second defeat from two onto hosts Latvia, running out 7-5 winners.
Russia have two wins and one loss after a 9-4 victory over Italy, who are winless from their three games so far, while Germany are two from two after a 6-5 defeat over USA.
And Japan bounced back from an opening defeat to Switzerland to beat Denmark 6-4 and pull level with Canada, Scotland, USA and Danish skipper Lene Nielsen on one win and one loss.
 
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