Rebecca Morrison and her rink laid down a marker by downing world champions Canada in impressive fashion to give their women’s curling campaign lift-off.
Beaten by China and Korea in their first two ties, Team Morrison knew that anything other than a victory over the Canadians would leave them with a mountain to climb to reach the playoffs.
But they did not panic, and after going down 1-0 in the opening end, seized control of the match and never looked back.
While the final score of 7-6 suggests a tight affair, it undersells the way Team GB were able to dominate with a two-point final end from the Canadians never really threatening to extend the tie.
And Morrison, appearing in her first Olympics, explained that the team were only to happy to come into the tie with their backs to the wall.
She said: “It’s fantastic. We’ve always said coming into this that we love being the underdogs and we said that we are just going to go out there and play free. That is what we did today and we proved that we love being the underdogs.
“It was so much fun, that is what we want to do this week. We play our best when we are having fun. Sometimes it is hard at elite level to continue that because you want to win so badly, we are competitive. But when we manage to keep that energy high and light-hearted, that is when you get the best out of us.
“I’m really glad we pulled that off today.”
The key end was the seventh, where Canada threatened a comeback only for Morrison to step up with a crucial stone and limit the damage to one.
From there, Team GB were able to pull clear with two in the eighth end as they pulled clear.
Jen Dodds, part of the team that won gold in Beijing, paid tribute to her teammate after the win.
She said: "I put us in a little bit of trouble, but then Rebecca [Morrison] made that wee hit and roll which was a game-winning shot. It really felt it changed the momentum. It felt like they felt like they were getting back into it, but that shot shut that down.
"Rebecca played great today and that was an amazing shot for her first Olympics and may it continue."