Eve Muirhead and Team GB face final day at Milan–Cortina
eve muirhead's 2022 curling gold is a recent memory as Team GB leave Milan–Cortina with three gold medals and a silver from men's curling. The curling final finished in heartbreak for Great Britain after a decisive shot left Bruce Mouat needing to remove two yellow stones and failing to do so.
Curling final and the decisive shot
Canada took gold after a brilliant shot from their skipper Brad Jacobs left Bruce Mouat needing to take out two yellow stones with his final red stone; he could not do it and Canada were jubilant. Great Britain were described as dejected and heartbroken, and the men’s rink took Olympic silver once again.
Bruce Mouat and Grant Hardie reaction
Bruce Mouat received his second Olympic silver and managed to summon a smile and a wave on the podium, but he was visibly raw in interviews shortly after the defeat. “I’m a bit in shock, ” Mouat said. “We felt like we were the better team there. I don’t know what to say. ” He paused before adding: “Regardless of the result, the incredible thing we will take away is the amount of people who have come out to support us and have messaged us from back home. The boys and I love our sport, we want people to come and join our sport. If we can take anything away from this week as well as the silver medal, it’s being able to inspire people to hopefully want to participate. That is an achievement in itself. ”
Grant Hardie added: “Our friendship is why we wanted to win it for each other. The pain from four years ago was that much, we thought we’d give it another go, we had the chance, but unfortunately we haven’t got there again. ” Moments after defeat both men looked utterly dejected and Mouat choked back tears.
Eve Muirhead's 2022 gold
Eve Muirhead won Curling Gold in 2022 at the fourth time of asking. That history is a reminder of past success even as the current squad come away with silver; “Sometimes the silvers you win feel more like the golds you lose, ” the coverage noted.
Bobsleigh podium and team notes
Team GB flag carrier Brad Hall was set to pilot the Four‑Man Bobsleigh the following morning, and elsewhere the two‑woman bob podium was decided in dramatic fashion. The German pairing of Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi took gold. Germany also filled the silver position with Lisa Buckwist and Neele Schuten, who were 0. 53 seconds slower than the winners. The USA pairing of Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and Jasmine Jones took bronze.
Skeleton, snow events and Team GB gold haul
Matt Weston opened Team GB’s account in the men’s skeleton in Cortina by breaking consecutive four track records, finishing 0. 88 seconds ahead of Germany’s Alex Jungk and Christopher Grotheer. Weston later teamed with Tabitha Stoecker to win a team gold by 0. 17 seconds and, after cutting a deficit of 0. 3 seconds on his final run, became the first British athlete to win two medals at the same Winter Olympics. Tabitha Stoecker is also listed among the gold medallists alongside Weston.
On snow, Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale set a British first when they won gold together, after both had struggled in individual events earlier in the week; Bankes crossed first in the final. Fellow Britons Marcus Wyatt and Freya Tarbit finished fourth in their event. Tarbit said: “We’re so so happy for Matt and Tabby to do well and we’ve seen some of our closest friends just win gold, so on the one hand we’re absolutely buzzing for them but on the other hand it’s obviously gutting to miss out on a medal. ”
Medal table, schedule and remaining events
Team GB set a target of winning four to eight medals at Milan–Cortina and are guaranteed to reach at least the lower end of that range with three golds already secured. Bruce Mouat’s men’s curling rink added a silver in a nail‑biting defeat to Canada in the final on Saturday evening. Zoe Atkin qualified top of the freestyle skiing halfpipe standings and will compete in the re‑arranged Women’s Freeski Halfpipe Final with hopes of making the total five medals on the final day.
The wider Games are staged across Milan–Cortina in northern Italy. Milano Cortina 2026 got underway on 4 February, with the opening ceremony two days later on 6 February, and will run until the closing ceremony on 22 February, with 116 medal events across 19 days. One account of the day noted that the following morning was the 16th and final day of the Games. The overall medal table showed Norway had already exceeded the 16 golds they claimed in Beijing four years ago, standing four golds clear of second‑placed Germany; the USA were in prime position to claim second overall while Italy and the Netherlands were not far behind. In men’s ice hockey Finland were heading for the bronze medal, leading Slovakia 4‑1 in the third period, with the gold medal match scheduled for the following day at 1pm GMT between the USA and Canada.
Coverage across the venue included reporting from Andy Bull in Cortina on the curling final and multiple medal reactions from athletes and teams as the Games approached their conclusion.
Closing: Team GB leave Milan–Cortina with three gold medals and a silver in curling, a mixed set of emotions across athletes, and one final day of action remaining in the schedule.
