Winter Olympics 2022 - Can Team GB get on the medal table? Curling leads hopes for the podium

There may well come a moment at the Winter Olympics where the Team GB medal hopes fade, but we are not there yet. Despite finishing with five medals at the last two Games, there has been disappointment so far at Beijing 2022. World champion Charlotte Bankes was a huge hope in the snowboard slopestyle, but was unable to make it past the quarter-finals, while Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds — the mixed curling world champions — lost in the bronze medal match.

Ad/> But Mouat is still Britain’s best hope of stepping on to the podium in China, even if it does look unlikely the total tally of five medals from the past two Games will be matched. Here is why Team GB fans should not be losing hope… Beijing 2022Rutherford: Funding a ‘major issue’ as scrutiny of Team GB’s dearth of medals ramps upAN HOUR AGO Curling Bruce Mouat’s men’s curling rink are in scintillating form at Beijing 2022. The skip has recovered brilliantly after admitting he felt “gutted” to miss out on a medal in the mixed event and they secured their place in the semi-finals with two matches to go.

After eight matches, there has been just one defeat. That was to the US, who they could end up meeting in the last four. But Mouat’s team have already secured the hammer — the last stone advantage for the first end — meaning they will be favourites to go through to the gold medal match, whoever they play.

Eve Muirhead’s women’s rink could yet move into the semis, but fate is not in their own hands. Four defeats has left progression out of their control and needing to rely on other results to go their way, but if they do go through, Muirhead’s big game experience could be key. Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more Bobsleigh The 2-man bobsleigh