Winter Olympics: Eve Muirhead's GB curlers lose tense opener to Switzerland
Eve Muirhead's British curling rink lost their opening match at the Winter Olympics in a tense extra end against world champions Switzerland.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Don’t panic! Team GB could still achieve record medal haul, despite disappointment for Bankes
At every Olympics, summer or winter, there is nervousness about where the first British medal is coming from. When two of the favourites miss out on the podium — that’s when the panic really sets in. That might be where we are at on day five, after world champion Charlotte Bankes was unable to progress past the quarter-finals of snowboard cross, 24 hours after Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds missed out on mixed doubles curling bronze.
Dame Katherine Grainger ‘not panicking yet’ about GB’s lack of medals in Beijing
UK Sport chair Dame Katherine Grainger said she was “not panicking yet” after Team GB suffered more Winter Olympics disappointment in Beijing.
Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘Gutted’: Team GB’s Mouat and Dodds vow to return strongly for team events after doubles pain
Team GB curlers Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds have promised to pick themselves up and go again in the men’s and women’s team competitions, after missing out on Winter Olympic bronze in the mixed doubles. The world champions were thrashed 9-3 by Sweden, who won with two ends to spare. The damage was done in the second and third ends, which their opponents took by four and three stones respectively.
Winter Olympics: GB mixed doubles pair lose bronze-medal match to Sweden
Great Britain's wait for their first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics goes on after curling mixed doubles pair Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat lost their bronze-medal match 9-3 to Sweden.
Chinese bagpipers refuse to 'go commando' while piping Scots curlers on to the ice at Winter Olympics
The Chinese bagpipers who welcomed Scots curlers on to the ice yesterday revealed they love all our traditions – apart from going commando under a kilt.
Emotional Team GB curlers react as gold medal hopes vanish at Winter Olympics
Great Britain’s mixed doubles curling team missed the chance to guarantee at least a silver medal as they dropped into the bronze-medal match after losing 6-5 to Norway in a tense semi-final at the Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics: Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat miss out on gold-medal shot after semi-final defeat to Norway
Great Britain’s hopes of going for gold at Beijing 2022 were denied by Norway with the final stone of a tense semi-final in the curling mixed doubles.