Curling star Drummond insists men's Olympic silver should be celebrated

Winter Olympic silver medallist Greg Drummond insists Team GB’s men’s curling silver is an achievement that needs to be celebrated after watching their nail-biting final at a special event in Edinburgh to celebrate the National Lottery players’ vital role in funding British athletes.

Skip Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie couldn’t quite bring a gold home on Saturday morning as they slipped to a nerve-jangling 5-4 defeat against Sweden at the Ice Cube. But they have made the nation proud with their amazing run to the final over the past week, resulting in a fantastic silver Olympic medal.

Drummond, who scooped silver at Sochi 2014 as part of David Murdoch’s - current Team GB coach - rink, was speaking at Curl Edinburgh as he roared on Mouat’s Olympic heroes and helped celebrate the funding from The National Lottery and government.

And Drummond, who was recently in the Chinese capital coaching Mouat and Jen Dodds to a fourth-place finish in the mixed doubles event, hopes Mouat and his rink securing Team GB’s maiden medal of the Games can help inspire the next generation of burgeoning curling talent.

Drummond, whose fiancé Vicky Wright takes to the Olympic ice for the women’s final in Eve Muirhead’s team on Sunday, said: “I was saying to a few guys earlier, we need to remember the guys have just won a silver medal and that needs to be celebrated!

“It’s just a really proud moment for the programme. I have a front row seat to the training and work that goes on back at our national training centre and I think it’s worth noting that the journey is not just about the Olympic final.

“It’s actually about the work that goes on back home and that journey is not possible without the support we get from