The Workforce GB combined doubles curling crew missed out on a bronze medal after shedding to hosts Italy in a detailed third-place play-off.
Workforce GB’s Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat misplaced the bronze medal match vs Italy (Picture: BBC)
Workforce GB’s combined doubles curling crew, Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat, could not disguise their disappointment at shedding out on a medal on the second Winter Olympics in a row. The duo performed hosts Italy within the bronze medal match on Tuesday, after falling to defeat in opposition to Sweden within the semi-final.
The match was a close-fought encounter, however Britain knew they needed to rating a minimum of one level within the remaining finish to take the match to a deciding finish. However Italy, have been in a position to make use of the benefit of getting the hammer, by scoring the essential level with the ultimate shot and popping out as 5-3 winners.
The fourth-place end is a repeat of the frustration suffered 4 years in the past in Beijing. Hopes have been excessive going into the semi-final with Dodds and Mouat ending on the high of the group, having solely misplaced as soon as within the spherical robin stage.
However the defeats in opposition to Sweden and Italy left them having to select themselves up once more for the upcoming crew occasions.
Chatting with BBC Sport after the loss, an emotional Dodds admitted she was making an attempt to not cry. “So shut however but thus far, it sort of hurts the identical as 4 years in the past actually, I don’t need to ugly cry, so I’m simply going to cease there,” she mentioned.
“We got here up quick for them tonight, I really feel like there’s been a couple of fourth locations for Workforce GB over the past couple of days, that reveals how shut we’re in so many occasions, I simply need to say an enormous thanks to the Nationwide Lottery as properly, we wouldn’t have the ability to play a sport we love collectively with out them, that helps with all our coaching and sport.”
Following the conclusion of the Blended crew occasion on Monday evening, which sees Sweden tackle USA within the gold medal match, the curling continues all through the week. The lads’s crew occasion begins on the preliminary stage on Wednesday, with Workforce GB beginning their marketing campaign in opposition to China.
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