Winter Olympics 2022 - Eve Muirhead's rink into curling semi-finals after win and a huge slice of luck

Great Britain dramatically sneaked into the semi-finals of the women's curling at the Winter Olympics after results and a tie-break went their way, having beaten the Russian Olympic Committee 9-4. Eve Muirhead's rink needed to win their final round robin match to have a chance of going through and then required results to go their way.

With Switzerland, Canada and Sweden winning, they went through on a tie-breaker, known as the 'draw shot challenge'. Ad/> In that, each team throws two stones before each match starts — one clockwise, one counter-clockwise, trying to get as close to the button as possible, with the average of the two shots then taken.

Britain's efforts throughout the tournament were enough to go through in third ahead of Japan, with Canada knocked out. Beijing 2022Team GB v USA: When to watch the men’s curling semi-final4 HOURS AGO After beating the ROC, Britain faced an anxious wait to see if Sweden would beat South Korea and they finally got the news they wanted to set up a last four tie with the Swedes, the reigning Olympic champions.

Muirhead started her match brilliantly, making the most of having the hammer in the first end. The skip drew her penultimate stone on the nose of an ROC rock, and despite skip Alina Kovaleva attempting to put up another guard, Muirhead drew close to the button to secure a double, meaning they were 2-0 up almost from the off.

ROC pulled a stone back in the second, with Muirhead unable to get past a guarded house, but GB responded in the third with the skip achieving a take-out on her final stone to secure one, leaving Britain 3-1 up after three ends. GB were on course for a potential steal of three in the fourth, but Kovaleva achieved a successful raise, knocking a yellow