Winter Olympics 2022 - ‘One of the best skips of all time’ - Bruce Mouat hails ‘unreal’ Eve Muirhead after winning gold

Eve Muirhead can be considered as one of curling’s greatest ever skips after guiding Team GB to women’s curling gold at the Winter Olympics, according to her counterpart Bruce Mouat. At her fourth Olympics, the 31-year-old made up for previous heartbreak at the Games by securing her rink a dominant win over Japan in the Beijing final. Ad/> Mouat was watching on in the Ice Cube after an emotional few days, having won silver in the men’s competition and been told he had been selected as Great Britain’s flagbearer for the closing ceremony.

/> Beijing 2022'The biggest honour of my life' — Mouat on being named GB flagbearerAN HOUR AGO “I was just overcome with emotion, the last 48 hours have been insane,” Mouat told Eurosport. “Just being able to see how hard they had all worked and to know how much they wanted it and actually witness it in real life…It felt amazing to finally see Eve achieve that dream of hers. “I think Eve has been one of the best ambassadors for our sport, ever — she has an unreal talent.

She has proven herself time and time again. “This is just going to be the best moment of her career. I'm so happy for her, it's really kind of emotional for me to even talk about it.