The Winter Olympics medal hopes of Workforce GB’s males’s curlers have been solid into doubt after a shock 8-6 defeat by Norway left them scrambling to make the semi-finals in Cortina.
Bruce Mouat’s world champions had misplaced two of their opening six matches, and have been anticipated to beat the Norwegians for his or her fifth victory of the competitors.
Main 4-2 after six ends, they seemed to be in fine condition. However just a few premature errors, mixed with a disciplined show by their unheralded opponents, left them 6-4 down with two ends left.
Mouat’s tried triple takeout within the penultimate finish was a fraction out, however nonetheless yielded two to degree the scores going into the final. Nonetheless, Norway held their nerve with the hammer to shut out an surprising victory.
Given outcomes elsewhere,, exterior 5 wins may nonetheless show to be sufficient to achieve Thursday’s semis.
However the British rink might want to beat each Canada on Tuesday and the USA the next day (each 18:05 GMT).
“We have to win our subsequent two to verify we’re undoubtedly within the semis,” lead Hammy McMillan advised BBC Sport. “We’re doing lots of the appropriate issues, we simply want to search out that further inch.”
The ladies’s rink will not be well-placed, both, however they did ship their greatest within the largest second to beat Denmark 7-2 and preserve their hopes alive.
Having misplaced three of their opening 4, Rebecca Morrison’s rink want victories in at the very least 4 of their ultimate 5 matches to have any probability of salvaging a spot in Friday’s final 4 – they usually started that quest properly.
An aggressive begin was rewarded with an early 2-0 benefit and the British rink led 3-2 on the break.
One other fantastic two-point haul within the sixth, adopted by a steal within the seventh, opened up a four-point hole with three ends to play and the Scottish quartet closed out the win.
They’re again on the ice in opposition to Switzerland at 18:05 GMT in one other must-win contest, dwell on the BBC.
