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Bernard clinches top spot

Cheryl Bernard has wrapped up round-robin play at the Vancouver Olympics with a 7-3 win over Russia.

VANCOUVER — Cheryl Bernard has wrapped up round-robin play at the Vancouver Olympics with a 7-3 win over Russia.

Bernard was trailing 2-1 in the sixth end when Russian skip Anna Sidorova sailed her final stone straight through the house on an attempted takeout.

That left Bernard with a routine draw to the rings with her hammer and she didn’t miss, scoring four and putting the game out of reach.

The win improved the Calgary skip’s record to a tournament-best 8-1.

Bernard clinched the No. 1 seed for the Olympic playoffs earlier in the day with a win over Britain.