Japan settles for curling silver after crushing defeat

The silver medal-winning Japan team, from left, alternate Kotomi Ishizaki, Yurika Yoshida, Yumi Suzuki, Chinami Yoshida and Satsuki Fujisawa, pose during the medal ceremony for women's curling in Beijing on Sunday. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

BEIJING -- Looking to come up with a big shot that could turn the match, Japan could only watch as it was Britain that kept doing it, over and over.

Japan was stung for four points in the seventh end of a one-sided loss to Britain in the gold-medal match of women's curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday at the National Aquatics Centre.