Great Britain were beaten by Sweden in the men’s curling final this morning as they secured a first medal for Team GB at these Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Bruce Mouat’s team had been impressive throughout the competition but came up against the experience and knowhow of Swedish skip Niklas Edin, whose team beat Britain in a 2014 semi-final, and he was on form to clinch the first Olympic gold of his illustrious culring career.
Britain will again go for gold tomorrow morning after Eve Muirhead overcame almost impossible odds to steer her women’s curling team into the Olympic final in Beijing and fulfil an ambition that had threatened to elude her after over a decade at the top of her sport. Team coach Murdoch put her chances of salvaging victory at “less than 10 per cent” after shipping four shots in a disastrous opening end to defending Olympic champions Sweden, but they clawed back to clinch a thrilling 12-11 victory in an extra end.
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