Bruce Mouat curling team on Beijing silver and Milano Cortina 2026: "We're very united"

Bruce Mouat's rink won a silver medal at Beijing 2022 and claimed Team GB's first podium finish of the Games.

The men's curling team - comprising skip Mouat, Grant Hardie (third, vice-skip), Bobby Lammie (second), Hammy McMillan Jr. (lead) and alternate Ross Whyte - is proud of what they achieved in China.

Mouat and his viral magic hat came so close to a coveted gold medal, but were edged 5-4 by Niklas Edin's Sweden in a captivating final.

"It's quite a special moment for us. We obviously wanted to get Team GB their first medal," said Mouat.

Curling was Team GB's other reason for celebration as Eve Muirhead skipped the women's rink to gold on the last day of the Games.

Both Muirhead and Mouat's rinks are all-Scottish affairs and Lammie is hoping they can inspire curlers across Scotland and the UK.

"I think it's a great honour to be part of," he said. "Hopefully what we've achieved here, getting the medal, can just spur on the kind of environment in curling - not just in Scotland but across the UK - and hopefully get more people to participate and just open up more ice rinks across the whole UK, not just Scotland."

"I think it shows that people are actually interested in curling," continues Lammie.

"Because obviously during the Olympics it's in the main media, but hopefully the people that have been watching it over the last week who have been getting into it can stick with it and hopefully watch more than just the Olympics - the Europeans, the World's, and all different types of competitions."

While it was a second Olympic event in six months without fans, alternate Whyte says that COVID restrictions and protocols actually brought the team closer together.

"It was expected to be a wee bit different but, for us, being our