Great Britain’s hopes of winning a first medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics were dashed in a 9-3 mixed doubles curling defeat to Sweden.
Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds hoped to bounce back from Monday’s semi-final defeat to Norway by repeating their round-robin win over the Swedes.
But a brilliant shot by Almida De Val to score four for Sweden in the second end effectively ended the British pair’s chances of bronze.
Hold your heads high Bruce and Jen ?
4th place on their Olympic debut ?#TeamGB | #Beijing2022 pic.twitter.com/SMkgzNIY9J
— Team GB (@TeamGB) February 8, 2022
Mouat and Dodds went into the Games as world champions while the Swedes were one of the favourites for gold.
The British pair lost their semi-final 6-5 on Monday against Norway, the team they beat to lift the world tile in Aberdeen last year.
