Team GB’s curling gold medal hopes are shattered in mixed doubles as Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffer second defeat in 24 hours against Norway – but they now have one last shot at bronze
- British curling pair Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat lost their semi-final vs Norway
- Dodds and Mouat were the pre-Winter Olympics favourites to win gold this year
- But they fell to a 6-5 loss against Norway on Monday, ending their hopes of gold
- Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien prevailed after a tense game
Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat must settle for a bronze medal play-off after losing their Olympic mixed curling semi-final to Norway at the National Aquatics Centre in Beijing.
The British pair led for more than half the match but it turned when Norwegian duo Kristin Skaslien and Marcus Nedregotten scored three points on their power-play in the sixth, then held on for a 6-5 win.
Dodds and Mouat will have to swiftly shrug off their disappointment and prepare for a bronze medal match against Sweden on Tuesday afternoon.
Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Mouat suffered defeat in their Olympic mixed curling semi-final
The Team GB duo fell to a 6-5 defeat against Norway in the semi-final on Monday
The duo had confirmed their swift rematch against the Norwegians – against whom they had lost in the group stage 24 hours earlier – by beating the United States in their final group game on Monday morning.
Having trailed early in their round-robin tie, Britain made a much stronger start, taking the first end against hammer – or final stone – after Skaslien missed an attempted take-out.
A clever hit-and-roll by Dodds with the last stone of the third gave her a 3-1 lead and Norway…
Source : dailymail
