Winter Olympics 2022: Britain, Sweden to play for men's curling gold

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The British have clinched their first medal of the Beijing Games, thanks to Bruce Mouat and the men's curling team.

Four Scottish lads beat the American defending Olympic champions 8-4 in the semifinals Thursday night to clinch no worse than a silver medal and earn the right to play Sweden for the gold.

Although Scotland is curling's birthplace and the sport remains a national passion, the British have not won the men's gold — and have just two medals of any color — since the sport returned to the Winter Games in 1998.

"It'll be some party back home if we do," British lead Hammy McMillan said. "It would mean the absolute world to everyone if we do."

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Britain's Hammy McMillan celebrates with Bobby Lammie after winning the men's curling semifinal match against the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

The Swedes topped Canada 5-3 in the other semifinal at the Ice Cube curling venue. Skip Niklas Edin will have a chance to complete his set of Olympic medals, having won bronze in Sochi and a silver in Pyeongchang.

"It’s going to be a super, super interesting final," Edin said. "I think it might be nerve-wracking to play, but I think it’s going to be a super well-played game."

John Shuster, who won bronze in 2006 and gold four years ago — the only Olympic curling medals in U.S. history — will skip the Americans in the third-place game against Canada.

"I learned a lot in Torino back in 2006, because you have this huge disappointment. And then, you know, it’s really easy to just let that disappointment linger," he said.

"But you know what we have to