Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Thread

[leicsmac]

Mouat might feel a bit annoyed at his teammates here - pretty much every end by the time he's putting his stones down he's having to do damage limitation.

 

The Swedish team is playing superbly, though.

[EastAnglianFox]

Need to hang in here, Sweden faultless so far and we need to jump in if they drop a level.

 

Swedish skip making it so tough for Mouat to get anything at all

[leicsmac]

Good steal, 3-3 going into the 8th end.

 

Knife-edge stuff now.

[leicsmac]

Swedish skip simply too good on the pressure shots.

 

4-4 and it goes to an extra end, but the Swedes have the huge advantage of throwing the last stone.

[Super_horns]

Shame it’s probably going to end in defeat simply because Sweden have the hammer but guess that is the nature of sport.

 

Was a great shot by both teams in the last end.

Edited 19 February 2022 by Super_horns

[leicsmac]

...would it be cruel to say that Mouat choked on that last shot, with either selection or execution?

 

Not to be.

[EastAnglianFox]

Did very little wrong, just relentless by Sweden and the skipper

[EastAnglianFox]

Just now, leicsmac said:

...would it be cruel to say that Mouat choked on that last shot, with either selection or execution?

 

Not to be.

 

Even during the time out I don't think he fancied it 

[Facecloth]

They're Scottish not Britsh now, right?

[Lcfc82]

I don’t really understand the tactics of curling.
Can anyone tell me why they didn’t remove Swedens scoring stone earlier rather than leave it until the end ?

[kenny]

15 minutes ago, Lcfc82 said:

I don’t really understand the tactics of curling.
Can anyone tell me why they didn’t remove Swedens scoring stone earlier rather than leave it until the end ?

Sweden had the last stone. So they would have knocked each other out until Sweden won.

 

They had to find a way of leaving their stone in the middle but protected to stop Sweden having an easy hammer.

 

Or something like that anyway

[EastAnglianFox]

15 minutes ago, Lcfc82 said:

I don’t really understand the tactics of curling.
Can anyone tell me why they didn’t remove Swedens scoring stone earlier rather than leave it until the end ?

 

They needed stones in the house if they were going to steal against the hammer and that red could have been handy to use to rest on I think.

 

 

Could be totally wrong though 

[leicsmac]

They sound absolutely gutted in the post-match.

 

That might not be a bad thing, shows how much they want to win and could bring them back stronger in four years - young squad, after all.

[Super_horns]

5 minutes ago, leicsmac said:

They sound absolutely gutted in the post-match.

 

That might not be a bad thing, shows how much they want to win and could bring them back stronger in four years - young squad, after all.

World Championships soon too this year to win.

[rachhere]

I believe the tactic was for us to knock their red out of the scoring position with our last stone, but freeze against it so they would have to take out both our stone and theirs, leaving our other stone as the closest. It was always going to be difficult to win the extra end with them having the hammer, but we at least made it competitive

[EastAnglianFox]

Come on ladies.

 

Really hope Eve brings it home, she seems to have been around forever but still looks so incredible....marry me!

 

Anybody else had a beer? 

[leicsmac]

Looking good after six ends, 4-2 up with the hammer next end.

 

Might be worth just blanking this end to carry the hammer (last throw) for ends 8 and 10.

[leicsmac]

FOUR.

 

8-2 with three ends to play, surely that is that.

Edited 20 February 2022 by leicsmac

[leicsmac]

And they've done it!

 

To think of where they stood with a couple of matches to play in the group stages. Just grew into the tournament as it went on and they just looked unstoppable today. Well done ladies!

[Jordan]

Brilliant game by Eve. She kept plugging away, and finally has gotten the ultimate reward.

 

I’ve gotta tip my cap to the RCCC/Team GB, they did a phenomenal job of putting their teams together for Beijing.

[Super_horns]

What a time to put in such an impressive performance.

 

Excellent from the start and fully deserved.