Staff GB combined curling duo Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat fell to defeat towards Sweden within the semi-final as they suffered heartbreak.
Staff GB’s Blended Doubles curling crew have missed out on a medal within the Winter Olympics (Picture: Getty)
Staff GB’s combined doubles curling crew Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffered heartbreak of their semi-final on the Winter Olympics.
The British duo went into the semi towards Sweden as favourites, having completed prime of their round-robin group. The one loss within the group stage was towards their opponents.
Evidently the Swedes had been the bogey crew, although, with Nice Britain falling to a 9-3 loss to finish their hopes of choosing up a gold or silver medal. They’ll now go into the bronze medal match, the place they take Italy after their loss to the USA.
It is the second time within the two Winter Olympic cycles that the duo have missed out on a spot within the gold medal match. It was an identical story in Beijing 4 years in the past; that point, they missed out on third place, one thing that they may look to alter this time round.
Dodds has additionally revealed how they may look to bounce again for the bronze medal match, which can happen at 1.05pm on Tuesday. “We’ll in all probability converse to our coaches and converse issues by way of and regroup for tomorrow,” she stated.
“We don’t need this to have an effect on our possibilities of a medal tomorrow so we’ll converse concerning the issues that must be spoken about and corrected and we’ll come out firing tomorrow.”
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