Brits in Winter action

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Things going from bad to worse for  in the curling - after losing to , they've been beaten by ,  and they are currently getting trounced by . 

 

I know Muirhead had to go through the last chance qualifying, but if we have to go through that route again this time, I wouldn't have any confidence that Morrison can deliver an Olympic quota. 

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1 hour ago, Rafa Maciel said:

Things going from bad to worse for  in the curling - after losing to , they've been beaten by ,  and they are currently getting trounced by . 

 

I know Muirhead had to go through the last chance qualifying, but if we have to go through that route again this time, I wouldn't have any confidence that Morrison can deliver an Olympic quota. 

And I think that would be a major major blow. 2022 was already outside of curling a big step back and while results in other sports have been promising since and showing sevreal medal potentials Curling going so far backwards would be a big issue. Particularly as it takes up so much broadcast time and with the games in Italy they will be more focus. 

Edited March 19, 2024 by Orangehair43

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8 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

And I think that would be a major major blow. 2022 was already outside of curling a big step back and while results in other sports have been promising since and showing sevreal medal potentials Curling going so far backwards would be a big issue. Particularly as it takes up so much broadcast time and with the games in Italy they will be more focus. 

The Scottish men are current world champions and 3-time European champions whilst the mixed doubles pairing of Dodds and Mouat were 5th in most recent world champs. I'd also point out that Eve Muirhead won precisely 0 world medals in the Beijing Olympic cycle ... but yeah sure, Scottish curling is going so far backwards. 

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Another unsung British great - Jasmin Taylor from Ipswich has again won the Telemark World Cup!

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Another win for Charlotte Bankes in 

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Wow! Just catching up from yesterday, but Adele Nicoll took silver in the Lake Placid bobsleigh.  Only her fourth-ever start as pilot - she only started after Christmas!  

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On 3/23/2024 at 5:44 PM, Grassmarket said:

Another win for Charlotte Bankes in 

And she repeats with a trademark last to first move in about 20m.  But sadly the early season loss of form costs her the season overall.

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Bruce Mouat and his rink get the defence of their world title off to comfortable start, defeating  10-3 after 7 ends. 

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 make short work of  John Shuster - wrapped up in 8 ends of play with a steal of 2 taking them to a 10-3 win.

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Mouat and the team never really got their game together as they went down to 8-4 loss at the hands of . They didn't necessarily play badly, it's just that by some fine margins, the big shots didn't go their way. 

 

Hopefully they'll pick themselves up ahead of match against  this evening.