Curling Percentages Going into Monday's Draw

Two things stand out for me in the stats for the women's curling at the 2010 Olympics.

1. Despite all their close games and despite last night's loss in the extra end, Canada still has a slightly higher overall curling percentage than the other teams.
2. The teams are quite close overall in curling percentages. The rest of the competition should be close and exciting!
   

Teams	Round ->	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	AVG
1	Canada	77	80	78	81	86	74				79
2	Sweden	80	74	80	75	71	86				78
2	United States	70	79	76	82	82	74	83			78
4	Russia	83	79	62	78	72	86	79			77
5	Great Britain	74	70	68	80	72	80	77			75
5	Germany	79	73	76	75	70	75	79			75
7	China	75	71	71	77	79	71	76			74
7	Japan	75	74	68	82	66	79				74
7	Switzerland	81	75	73	71	71	70				74
10	Denmark	78	67	68	60	79	71	79			73

The spread is noticeably wider among the men's teams. And given their outfits, I just have to love the overall performance of the Norwegian men curlers!

Teams	Round ->	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	AVG
1	Canada	91	77	83	80	90	80	91			85
2	Norway	84	78	86	79	83	88	89			84
3	Sweden	86	82	78	82	79	85	88			83
4	Great Britain	73	84	80	81	86	72	87			80
4	Switzerland	84	74	79	79	81	87	78			80
6	China	82	75	84	75	79	77				79
7	Denmark	85	69	67	80	70	82	86			78
8	United States	78	74	75	76	77	82	76			77
9	Germany	79	75	73	80	71	72	77			76
10	France	79	77	73	79	64	77				75

Curling Percentages

Wow! After two ends in the Canada vs. China game, Darbyshire is curling 44%, Bernard is curling 56%, and the others are only in the 60s. Not surprisingly, Canada trails China 3-0 after two ends and will have to improve a lot to win this game (but isn't that what Canada has done so often in previous games!).

Update: Well, the Canadian shooting percentages certainly improved during the game. Unfortunately some serious misses by the front end in the 10th meant that Canada had to fight to get one in the 10th, leaving China with the hammer in the 11th and a win. Canada's first loss, but we cannot really expect the team to have been lucky enough to win all the close games.