Winter Olympics 2022 - Team GB's Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds maintain perfect start in curling mixed doubles

Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds continued Team GB's perfect start to curling at the Winter Olympics in Beijing by beating Canada 6-4 in their second round robin match. The reigning world champions have now dispatched with Pyeongchang 2018 gold medallist John Morris and his new partner Rachel Homan, having also seen off world bronze medallists Sweden.

Ad/> GB came out on top after initially falling behind, when they conceded the opening end, but they took the next two to move ahead. Beijing 2022Bagpipes inspire Team GB curlers to a winning start in Beijing12 HOURS AGO Canada nudged ahead in the match when they took advantage of their powerplay in the sixth end, but with Mouat and Dodds responding in kind in the next end — but only after struggling to take advantage of it at the start.

Mouat eventually drew in behind a guard and a mistake from Homan allowed Dodds to easily see out the end. Failure from Morris to take out both British stones in his final delivery in the eighth and with Homan unable to make amends, Team GB secured a steal to take the win.

Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more Dodds and Mouat get GB off to winning start in curling Beijing 2022 — Can Bankes, Hall and Mouat help Team GB make Winter Olympics history? “It was a step up from last night’s game,” said Dodds. «We were nervous yesterday.

You’re always going to have that at your first Olympics, but today we were more settled and we have to get used to this place because we’re going to be here for a while, so hopefully we can produce something similar against Switzerland tonight.» /> Two wins from two is a promising start for Team GB, who are one of the favourites for gold having achieved the same at the worlds last year. Mouat