"We knew it would be a tough match. China is a very good team. We did some key shots and had a big end in the sixth where we scored four points. That was the end (in which) we set the game," said Kristin Skaslien from Norway.

Norway lost to China 3-9 in the morning in the last match of the round robin session. Skaslien said that she and her teammate managed to put the morning game behind. "We did something to relax (ourselves), played some air hockey, and tried to not think of curling... That worked," she said.

In contrast, Chinese players were a little stressed out. "They wanted to win so much, and they were under a lot of pressure. After the end in which they lost four points, they had trouble recovering from the loss psychologically and that cost them the game," said another Chinese coach Zhang Zhipeng.

"But our players still want to play better and they want to compete in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. We still have four years to make improvements, and we will learn from the failures," he added.

Eight teams competed in the round robin session of the newly introduced Olympic event, and Canada, Switzerland, Norway, and Olympic Athlete from Russia (OAR) qualified for the semifinals.

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