Mighty Muirhead makes it back to back wins

Curling 13 Feb 22

Eve Muirhead was chuffed to bits with a complete performance from her women’s curling rink after they recorded back to back wins on the ice with a 7-2 triumph over Denmark.

Team Muirhead rallied from two defeats in their first three to Switzerland and Korea by beating USA yesterday and after today’s victory sit joint third in the round robin standings heading into the second half of the competition.

Skip Muirhead, Jen Dodds, Vicky Wright and Hailey Duff were always in control against Denmark after going two shots up in the first end and the Danes shook hands an end early when the Brits stole three against the hammer.

“I’m absolutely delighted with the whole team performance out there,” said Muirhead, who is bidding to become the first curler to win two Olympic medals in her fourth Games.

“I think after a great win last night beating USA and then to carry on that momentum into that game there against Denmark was great.

"I can't complain one bit. I thought we were great from start to finish."

Muirhead carried the flag at the Opening Ceremony in Beijing and her team are carrying the hopes of many on their shoulders as they look to add another medal to their leader’s collection, after she scooped bronze at Sochi 2014.

But the 31-year-old Scot is feeling nothing but support from home as friends and family watch on through the night in the UK.

“As a team, every time we get Great Britain on our back, we're very proud to represent the country and it's great to know how many supporters we have back in Britain.

"I know a lot of our family and friends are up all hours of the night to support us and when we came out here we knew all we could do was our best.

"We've practised very hard to get here, we've trained very hard and we're proving on the ice that we are capable of putting out some great performances."

Team Muirhead were forced to secure their spot in the Chinese capital through the Olympic Qualifying Event in Leeuwarden but the extra competitive match practice is turning out to be a “blessing in disguise” at the Games themselves, according to Muirhead.

“I do think that having the Olympic qualifying was maybe a little bit of a blessing in disguise because it did give us that extra high-quality competition against some of the teams that are here," she said.

"Coming off the gold medal win at the Europeans and then carrying that great play into the Olympic qualifier on top of that really helped us. We had some great matches under our belt coming into the Olympic Games, which some people didn't."

Next up are traditional powerhouses Canada, who have struggled so far at the Ice Cube winning just one out of four, and a win for Muirhead and Co would edge them ever closer to a crucial top four place and a shot at a medal.