Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB face ROC in curling after Dave Ryding misses out on medal

LIVE – Updated at 07:25

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There was to be no such joy for Dave Ryding, though, who had been one of Britain’s main medal hopes. The slalom skier briefly occupied top spot but was eventually knocked off the podium entirely as France’s Clement Noel clinched gold. Elsewhere, Team GB’s hopes of reaching the women’s curling playoffs were dealt an almighty blow after a surprise 8-4 defeat against China in the round-robin.

There will be more Britons in action this morning as Andrew Young and Jams Clugnet compete in the men’s team sprint before Kathryn Thomson competes in the short track speed skating. Meanwhile, Team USA took home gold and silver in freestyle skiing after Alexander Hall and Nicholas Goepper landed the first and second spots on the podium.

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Things are still going smoothly for Bruce Mouat’s side against the ROC. They lead 5-1 after four ends and are seemingly cruising towards victory, with their playoff position already secure.

However, in the early hours of this morning, defeat against China was a disastrous result for Eve Muirhead’s team. They now need to beat the ROC in their final match and hope results elsewhere fall in their favour.

“We need to come out and concentrate on our performance against Russia and focus on what we can do and then hope the curling Gods are on our side,” Muirhead said.

“It’s been one of those weeks, sometimes you get the rubs and sometimes nothing seems to go your way.

“I thought I’d made that shot, another millimetre and we’d have forced an extra end. That was a tough shot, you aren’t going to make it very often but when you’ve got no