Team GB win first gold medal in women's curling final

Eve Muirhead's Women's curlers beat Japan to secure Great Britain’s first gold medal of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday.

31-year-old Muirhead, and her team of Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff, plus alternate Mili Smith, dominated their final against Japan, ruthlessly sealing a 10-3 win to equal their joint-biggest winning margin in a final.

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Muirhead’s biggest moment was with the final stone of the seventh end, when a superbly-executed raised take-out gave the Britons an 8-2 lead, which wrapped up victory.

It was revenge for Muirhead, who had bronze medal heartbreak against the same Japanese team four years ago.

Speaking to the BBC Muirhead said: "It's a dream come true without these girls being so strong, this dream would not have come true.

"They helped me become a better curler, and a better person, together we are a very, very strong unit and I think today we proved that."