‘We are definitely a playoffs team’ - Eve Muirhead predicts best to come after GB reach semis

Team GB skip Eve Muirhead has praised the never say die spirit of her curling rink and says the knockout phase suits them after they snuck through to the women’s semi-finals at the Winter Olympics through a win and a tie-break. Starting the final day of round robin matches with their medal hopes hanging by a thread, they needed to beat the Russian Olympic Committee and hope other results went their way. They achieved the first part of that, winning 9-4 thanks in part to a brilliant ninth end from Muirhead to secure four points.

Ad/> But with Denmark losing, GB’s only chance of going through was a single combination of results — wins for Switzerland, Canada and Sweden — and even then, it would go down to a tie-breaker few which do not follow curling have ever heard of. Beijing 2022Team GB v Sweden: When to watch Muirhead lead the nation in the women’s curling semi-final21 MINUTES AGO Remarkably, all of those teams did win and GB’s placing in the ‘draw shot challenge’ standings — a mini, two-stone competition before each match — meant they went through to secure a tie with Sweden. “I knew that our first job was to beat Russia this morning.

That was our first priority and that’s what I gave everything to,” said Muirhead. “It’s very hard to concentrate fully for three hours, however, so I’m not going to lie, I had one eye looking across at the other games. I hope I didn’t show that, but you’re always going to keep an eye on things when you know it’s going to get you into the Olympic semi-final spots.