GB Women Shock Curling World Champions Canada
Great Britain’s women’s curling team launched their Winter Olympics campaign with an impressive 7-6 victory over world champions Canada.
After two initial losses to China and South Korea, few expected Rebecca Morrison’s rink to recover against the highly favored Canadian team. However, the British squad elevated their performance, with Morrison delivering the precise shots that had eluded her earlier in the tournament. This enabled them to overcome a Canadian side that appeared vulnerable following their defeat to the United States on Friday.
"It just feels absolutely amazing to go out there and get our first win," skip Sophie Jackson told .
"Becca played absolutely fantastically - we all did - but it's great to see Becca when she's like that and I'm sure she'll be on a roll now," Jackson added.
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On the same day, Britain’s men’s curling team responded to their earlier loss against Italy by defeating the Czech Republic 7-4. Bruce Mouat’s rink might have secured a more decisive win if not for several remarkable shots from Czech skip Lukas Klima.
Nonetheless, the reigning world champions secured their third victory against one defeat, positioning themselves well to advance to the semifinals.
"We were in control but we couldn't really get away," Mouat told . "We just had to stick with it and we felt pretty comfortable."
Similar to the women’s round-robin, six wins out of nine matches are expected to be sufficient to reach the semi-final stage.
The men will compete against Germany at 08:05 GMT and Switzerland at 18:05 on Sunday, while the women will aim to continue their unexpected resurgence against Sweden at 13:05.
GB Trio Finish in Top 10 but Miss Out on Skeleton Medals
British skeleton athletes Tabby Stoecker, Freya Tarbit, and Amelia Coltman all finished within the top 10 on Saturday but did not secure medals in a highly competitive field.
Following Matt Weston’s historic gold medal win on Friday, the three women were unable to replicate that success. Inconsistency across their four heats proved costly.
Former trapeze artist Stoecker, who earned World Cup bronze last season and was considered GB’s strongest medal prospect in the women’s event, finished highest among the trio in fifth place with a time of 3:50.48.
Tarbit impressed with a strong third run, finishing seventh with a time of 3:50.80, while Coltman recorded her fastest run in the final heat, boosting her to ninth place with 3:51.32.
All three athletes were making their Olympic debut, marking the first time Team GB qualified three women in the Olympic skeleton event.
It was a commanding performance from Austria’s Janine Flock, who produced four smooth runs to claim gold. Germans Susanne Kreher and Jacqueline Pfeifer took silver and bronze respectively.
Austria had never before had a woman win an Olympic skeleton medal. The 36-year-old Flock’s gold medal follows previous near misses in Sochi, Pyeongchang—where she was edged out by Lizzy Yarnold—and Beijing.
Team GB still has the opportunity to compete for further medals on Sunday in the mixed team event, which is new for Milan-Cortina 2026.
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