Winter Olympics LIVE: Great Britain faces Japan in women's curling final
Great Britain are facing Japan in the Olympic curling final in the early hours of this morning.
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Winter Olympics 2022 Team GB women's curlers: Who are Eve Muirhead, Jennifer Dodds, Hailey Duff, Vicky Wright and Mili Smith?
Britain’s women have the chance to take gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing when they face Japan in the final.
Vicky Wright: From Covid nurse to curling Olympic medallist
Vicky Wright will return to her job as a surgical ward nurse with the NHS (The UK's Healthcare Service) as an Olympic medallist.
Eve Muirhead’s curling team out to give GB golden finish to Winter Olympics
Eve Muirhead has been tasked with claiming Great Britain’s first and only gold medal of the Beijing Winter Olympics as her team prepare to take on Japan in the women’s curling final on Sunday.
Vicky Wright will return to NHS frontlines as an Olympic curling medallist
Vicky Wright will return to work on the NHS frontline next week with an Olympic medal hanging around her neck after playing an integral role in Great Britain’s surge to the women’s curling final in Beijing.
Eve Muirhead banishes nagging memory as Team GB tilt for curling gold in Beijing
“It was a moment I wanted to forget but it's been in my head since then,” said Team GB’s curling skip Eve Muirhead.
Team GB v Japan: When is women’s curling final? UK time, how to watch Winter Olympics, Beijing 2022 schedule
It has looked touch and go at times, but Team GB will return from the Winter Olympics with at least a couple of silver medals if not more. While Great Britain’s representatives still haven’t graced the medal table at Beijing 2022, the curlers have ensured that it won’t be a total wipeout. Following an 8-4 win over the USA for the men’s team, setting up a gold medal match on Saturday, the women’s team will also have the chance to win gold following their tense 12-11 semi-final victory against Sweden.
Eve Muirhead closing in on ‘dream’ of landing elusive Olympic gold
Eve Muirhead overcame almost impossible odds to steer her Great Britain 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.