Eve Muirhead delivers her bold prediction for Team GB's curlers after being unveiled as British flagbearer in Beijing
Team GB flagbearer Eve Muirhead backed Scotland’s curlers to bring home an incredible haul of three medals from Beijing.
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Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding named as Great Britain flag bearers in Beijing
Eve Muirhead and Dave Ryding will share flag-bearing duties for Great Britain at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics in the famous ‘Bird’s Nest’ National Stadium on Friday.
Winter Olympics: Eve Muirhead backs Scottish curlers to win three medals in Beijing, with Edinburgh's Bruce Mouat collecting two of them
At tomorrow's opening ceremony, Muirhead will be the second curler to carry the flag after Rhona Martin was given the honour at the closing ceremony in 2002 and opening in 2006.
Winter Olympics: Capital curlers Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds ready to fight fire with fire after falling to first defeat
The Edinburgh pair lived up to their billing as gold medal favourites by seeing off world bronze medallists Sweden and reigning Olympic champions Canada in their first two matches, but 2018 silver medallists Switzerland proved a step too far.
Great Britain’s mixed curling duo add to strong start with 6-4 win over Canada
Great Britain extended their winning start in the mixed curling competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics with a 6-4 win over Canada on Thursday.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Bagpipes inspire Team GB curling team to a winning start in Beijing
British curling pair Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat were on-song as they kicked off Team GB’s Winter Olympics campaign in fine style with a 9-5 win over Sweden in their opening round robin match in the mixed doubles. In a tense match in Beijing, Dodds and Mouat capitalised on errors from the World Championship bronze medallists to take a confidence-boosting victory. Ad/> The Scottish childhood friends were given a timely reminder of home with a Chinese bagpipe band helping to inspire the pair.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB surge past error-prone Sweden in mixed doubles curling opener in Beijing
Great Britain beat Sweden 9-5 in their opening round robin match in the mixed doubles at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. Swedish pair Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson, World Championship bronze medallists, were nowhere near their best as they fell to defeat to Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat. Ad/> It was a tense match that was ultimately decided by costly errors from De Val.
Olympics: Britain and China claim curling victories as Beijing action gets under way
Britain's Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat prevailed over Swedish duo Almida de Val and Oskar Eriksson as the mixed doubles curling competition kicked off the 2022 Winter Olympics on Wednesday.