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Jamie Braidwood

Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB beat Sweden to guarantee second curling medal after extra end

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Follow live coverage of day 14 of the Winter Olympics after Team GB guaranteed a second curling medal by winning a thrilling women’s semi-final.

Great Britain, skipped by Eve Muirhead, beat Sweden in a rollercoaster match to secure at least a silver medal - just as Bruce Mouat’s men’s rink did on Thursday - while Japan outlasted Switzerland in the other semi. They will now meet on Sunday in the final to fight for gold.

Elsewhere Eileen Gu successfully secured gold in the women’s freestyle skiing halfpipe final, one of the five gold medals up for grabs today, becoming the first freeskier to win three medals in a single Games. The home favourite cruised to victory, nailing back-to-back 900s with advanced mid-air grabs on her way to posting the best score of 95.25. This is her second gold. She has already won a gold in big air and narrowly missed one in the slopestyle event, earning silver for China. Team GB’s Zoe Atkin, who qualified fourth for the halfpipe final, finished ninth after falling on her first two runs.

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