After thrilling the nation, Team GB curlers look to Milano Cortina 2026

Curling provided Great Britain with its only two medals of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 with Bruce Mouat's men's team silver followed by gold in the women’s for Eve Muirhead's rink.

With their families unable to join them in Beijing, watch parties were organised around the country, including in Edinburgh where Mouat’s partner Craig Kyle, mother Marie, coach Gregg Drummond and other friends, colleagues and supporters gathered at Curl Edinburgh.

Hammy McMillan's mother Lorna and Bobby Lammie's mum Katie, meanwhile, gathered at a hotel in their hometown of Stranraer.

Mouat’s team had already guaranteed Team GB its first medal of the Games heading into the final against Sweden on Saturday (19 February).

Ultimately, Sweden beat Great Britain 5-4 after Mouat missed his difficult hit and roll shot in the first extra end, leaving one red stone untouched in the button.

At the watch party in Edinburgh, Mouat’s family and friends rode every shot from the highs to the lows.

Kyle told PA, "To be here with friends and family was great, the support from everybody was amazing.

"Everybody came to watch and it'll mean a lot to Bruce as well, having everyone here together - especially as we couldn't be there.

"We'll be there in four years, there's definitely gold in that team but it's just the small margins."

In Beijing, Mouat was also disappointed but proud of his team’s efforts.

"We've been preparing for this for about five years and this is the moment we were hoping to have that win, so we're very disappointed," he said.

"It was a great week from us. We played really well throughout the tournament. We were hoping to have that performance today. It was pretty close but we gave them too much of a head start."

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