Italy 9, Great Britain 7
A score of four in the first end gave Italy a lead they wouldn't relinquish in a win on Friday over the defending world champions.
In the opening end, Great Britain was sitting count one when Bruce Mouat attempted to take out two Italian stones with his hammer throw. He missed badly, instead taking out two of his own stones to allow Italy to steal four and take a huge lead early.
But Team GB wasn't done just yet. They scored two in the fourth and stole another in the fifth, and did the same thing in the eighth and ninth ends to tie the score at 7-7 going into the final end.
In the 10th, Joel Retornaz came up with a big double-takeout on Italy's penultimate throw while sitting one of his own. All Great Britain could do is throw a draw, which Retornaz again took out for two points and the Italian win.
Retornaz made 93 percent of his takeout attempts and 100 percent of his draws in the win.
Italy improves to 2-0 in their home Olympics. They'll return later this afternoon to face Germany at 1:05 p.m. ET.
Great Britain (2-1) will take the afternoon session off and return to play Czechia at 3:05 a.m. ET.
| Great Britain (7) | Italy (9) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 4 |
| 1 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 1 |
| 2 | 4th end | 0 |
| 1 | 5th end | 0 |
| 0 | 6th end | 0 |
| 0 | 7th end | 2 |
| 2 | 8th end | 0 |
| 1 | 9th end | 0 |
| 0 | 10th end | 2 |
Norway 8, China 6
A takeout in the 11th gave Norway and extra-ends victory over China on Thursday.
In the 11th, China's Xu Xiaoming threw a guard that came up short of the house on his team's final throw. All Magnus Ramsfjell had to do was take out China's lone sitting stone, which he did with ease, leaving his team a pair of stones in the eight-foot for two points and the win.
China secured the extra end with a single point in the 10th.
Norway (1-1) picks up its first victory in Cortina. They'll take the evening session on Friday off and return to face Czechia at 3:05 a.m. ET on Saturday.
China falls to 0-2. They'll be back on the ice at 1:05 p.m. ET on Friday to take on Switzerland.
| China (6) | Norway (8) | |
| 0 | 1st end | 0 |
| 2 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 2 |
| 1 | 4th end | 0 |
| 0 | 5th end | 2 |
| 1 | 6th end | 0 |
| 0 | 7th end | 1 |
| 1 | 8th end | 0 |
| 0 | 9th end | 1 |
| 1 | 10th end | 0 |
| 0 | 11th end | 2 |
Switzerland 7, Czechia 3
Switzerland scored two in the first end and never looked back on the way to a four-point victory.
The Swiss finished with an 89 percent shooting accuracy, while Czechia shot just 68 percent. The Czech team never scored more than a single point in any end.
Czechia's (0-2) will next take on Norway at 1:05 p.m. ET. Switzerland (2-0) will return at the same time to take on China.
| Switzerland (7) | Czechia (3) | |
| 2 | 1st end | 0 |
| 0 | 2nd end | 0 |
| 0 | 3rd end | 1 |
| 2 | 4th end | 0 |
| 1 | 5th end | 0 |
| 0 | 6th end | 1 |
| 2 | 7th end | 0 |
| 0 | 8th end | 1 |
| X | 9th end | X |
| X | 10th end | X |