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Wins by China, Denmark and Italy in Thursday (7 December) afternoon's fourth session of men's round-robin play keeps all three teams in joint top spot at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 in Pilsen, Czech Republic. China faced Netherlands and opened the scoring with a score of three points in the first end.

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On Thursday (7 December) morning, in the Winter Košutka Arena in Pilsen, Czech Republic, Italy were the first women's team to beat the previously undefeated China at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017. This event qualifies the final two women's teams for February's PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games.

Netherlands' men's team recorded their first win at the Olympic Qualification Event 2017 on Wednesday night in Pilsen, Czech Republic. Meanwhile, Denmark became the first team to beat the only unbeaten team going into the third session of men's round-robin games, China.