Winter Olympics 2022 - Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds comfortably beat Czech Republic to secure fourth win in curling

Great Britain have recorded their fourth victory of the mixed doubles round robin in the curling, comfortably beating Czech Republic 8-3. Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat's fine win over Tomas Paul and Zuzana Paulova mean the pair now sit third in the round robin standings. Ad/> They next take on Italy, who are currently unbeaten at Beijing 2022, starting at 12:05 GMT.

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We're quite a resilient team.» Czech Republic took a slender lead in a scrappy opening to the match and successfully utilised the hammer to score one point. GB responded in the second end by nestling two stones around the button. They could have made it a 3-1 lead, but the last stone was slightly overcooked.

Medal table Schedule and results Team GB Dodds and Mouat extended their lead with another three points in the third end as Paulova looked to wipe out GB's three stones but missed them all. Czech Republic pulled back another single point in the fourth end, but it could have more had Mouat and Dodds not both produced fine shots to prevent their opponent from making further inroads back into the match. Britain scored just one in the fifth end, despite having the hammer as Dodds overcooked her final stone, to make it 6-2.