BRITS ARE EDIN HOME WITH SILVER
The Sunday Mirror|February 20, 2022
From ALEX SPINK in Beijing BRITAIN were not in the mood to celebrate their first Winter Olympic medal after their golden dream was shot down by a former tank commander.
BRITS ARE EDIN HOME WITH SILVER

Bruce Mouat’s curling team took silver after losing 5-4 in a final billed as the “clash of the titans” by Sweden’s five-time world champion skip Niklas Edin.

Edin, who spent 10 months as a tank commander in the Swedish army, showed why he is the best in the business by rolling over the Brits in the first extra end. It left Mouat, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie and Grant Hardie cursing the one that got away – though it still gave Team GB their first medal on the penultimate day of these Games.

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