Winter Olympics: Team GB curling pair set up enticing Italy match with another win
Team GB mixed doubles curling pair Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat set up an enticing encounter with leaders Italy after defeating the Czech Republic 8-3.
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Winter Olympics 2022 - Spectacular ceremony opens Games, first medals to come on Day 1 - Best of Beijing
BEST MOMENTS OF THE DAY Lift off! Ad/> The XXIV Olympic Winter Games are officially… open! Beijing 2022Team GB underdogs 'have to try that little bit more' — Morgan2 HOURS AGO Beijing 2022 launched with a spectacular new-age ceremony, which harnessed an 11,600 square metre LCD screen to bring the Bird’s Nest stadium to life. Fireworks, mesmerising green rods and an unavoidably cute choir, what’s not to like? Flag bearers Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding, curling and slalom hopefuls respectively, diligently led Team GB into the arena, while China’s arrival delighted the fans allowed into the arena amid Covid restrictions. The Olympic cauldron (aka just a small flame) was intended to convey China’s commitment to tackling climate change – and all in all it was a terrific spectacle.
Winter Olympics: ‘A trailblazer’ - Mouat and Dodds hail Team GB joint flag bearer Muirhead ahead of opening ceremony
Eve Muirhead has been described as a “trailblazer” by her curling team-mates, ahead of the Sochi 2014 bronze medallist performing the honour of being Team GB’s joint flag bearer for the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. The women’s skip will carry the union flag into Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium alongside Britain’s first Alpine skiing World Cup winner Dave Ryding.
Winter Olympics: Team GB curling pair Dodds and Mouat hold off Aussie fightback for third win of Games
British curling duo Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat fought off a spirited comeback from Olympic debutants Australia to edge out their latest round-robin match on Friday.
Winter Olympics: GB mixed doubles curlers defeat Australia after extra end
Great Britain's mixed doubles curlers Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat survived an inspired Australia fightback to maintain their semi-final hopes at the Winter Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2022 – Team GB need extra end to beat unfancied Australia after blowing 6-1 lead
Team GB needed an extra end to get back to winning ways in the curling mixed doubles at Beijing 2022 as they saw off Australia 9-8. Arriving on the back of their first defeat, the British pair of Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds raced into a 6-1 lead as they took on unfancied pair Dean Hewitt and Tahli Gill. Ad/> Australia had never won a match in Olympic curling history, making its debut in Beijing, but they won three points with the hammer and then two against to draw level after six ends.