Winter Olympics 2022 - Eve Muirhead's rink make it back-to-back wins with victory over Denmark

Updated 13/02/2022 at 10:42 GMT

Eve Muirhead's rink achieved a brilliant three stone steal in what was meant to be the penultimate end to secure a 7-2 win over struggling Denmark at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. It moved them up to third in the standings and secured back-to-back victories following a convincing win over the USA on Saturday. Watch every moment of the Games on discovery+.

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Eve Muirhead's rink were in control for the entire match and the pressure got to their opponents in the penultimate end, with GB achieving a three stone steal to finish the match early.

"I'm absolutely delighted with the whole team performance out there. 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," said Muirhead.

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

Team GB were joint-fifth coming into the game and, with the top four going through, they needed a win to be in with a good chance of progressing.

Following an impressive 10-5 win over the previously unbeaten USA, Muirhead’s quartet had reason to be confident. GB came out strong and made the most of a last stone advantage to go 2-0 up after one end, before the Danes played a tactical blank end in the second.

Some nice hitting from Denmark’s Denise Dupont, sister of skip Madeleine, helped her side half the deficit in the third before GB opted to blank the fourth end.

Britain were limited to one by Denmark in the fifth, when they were hoping to score three, and went into the half-time interval 3-1 ahead.

Some brave calls from the Danes had kept them well in the game and the statistics showed they were not far off going to-to-toe with Muirhead’s team, hardly behind on take-outs and draws.

Denmark’s pressure started to pay off as they grabbed one back in the sixth but the Brits were happy to blank the seventh and maintain their lead – a similar tactic to the one employed by the men’s team when they beat China 7-6 earlier in the day.

A tactical battle in the eighth end, which saw both teams call for time-outs, ended with one point for GB as they took a 4-2 lead into the penultimate end.

The hammer was with Denmark and as the end approached its final stages, Britain had three stones inside the house with one also lurking on the outer edge.

Muirhead threw a guard, leaving the Danes with a tricky shot to rescue anything from the end. They took an age to decide what the approach should be and it was to no avail, with Dupont overthrowing to secure a three stone steal for GB - leading to handshakes between the rinks as Muirhead secured a 7-2 win.

"I love that people do set the alarms for all hours of the night to watch us and it makes me very proud," said Muirhead.

"And I know it will make the team very proud as well. We've got some very nervous family members at home and I know what it's like watching. I hate it.

"Watching Jen last week [in the mixed doubles], I just couldn't. It was terrible. I had sweaty feet, sweaty hands. I'd rather be on the ice any day of the week. So I know exactly what it's like for them at home."

GB are next in action against Canada tomorrow (12:05 GMT).

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