British skip Eve Muirhead vows to make Britain proud when her team takes on Japan for Olympic gold in the curling final.

Eve Muirhead will finally get the chance to add an Olympic gold medal to her impressive collection of career achievements, as Team GB’s curlers saved Britain’s blushes at the Winter Olympics. A thrilling 12-11 semi-final win against Sweden in an extra end means the women’s team will go up against Japan in the final, with the men’s quartet taking on Sweden in their gold medal match.

Ad/> Muirhead became the youngest ever skip to win an Olympic medal after leading Britain to bronze in Sochi in 2014, but now she is focused on securing that elusive gold medal. Beijing 2022When is women’s curling final? UK time, how to watch, Beijing 2022 schedule37 MINUTES AGO “I'm not sure it's really sunk in just yet but I've got almost every gold medal apart from the Olympic gold medal.

It's always been a dream of mine. Of course there have been times when you doubt whether you'll be back and get that chance to play for that gold”, she said.

'Britain are through!' — Team GB beat Sweden in thrilling extra end to reach curling final 'They have done it' — Canada clinch emotional victory over USA to take curling bronze Watch bizarre scenes as robots play curling — and they are not very good The 31-year-old is proud of her team — which consists of Vicky Wright, Jen Dodds and Hailey Duff — and has been delighted with how they have battled throughout the competition so far, saying, “we've got so much talent as a team, we've got so much drive and fight, it's an absolute dream come true. I'm pretty speechless to be honest." A mixed bag of results in the round robin stage saw Team GB squeeze their way through to the semi-finals, and some of their sloppy play featured early on against Sweden, giving them a mountain to climb.