Eve has the magic touch
Homan is going home the knockout stages.
But Muirhead said: “The last few days we’ve been getting better and better and it’s all about building momentum for when it matters. These are the matches where we’ll be judged.”
Muirhead’s rink started their campaign slowly but are now unbeaten in three matches, the perfect response to defeat by fellow semi-finalists South Korea and Sweden, the latter now standing between them and the chance to upgrade their before medal from four years ago. Korea’s self-styled Garlic Girls – named after their garlicproducing hometown – who play Japan are now the ones to beat. Curling’s equivalent of a K-pop sensation, their nicknames are Yogurt, Pancake, Steak, Cookie and Sunny.
“I’ve not been surprised by them,” said Muirhead. “They’ve been a good team for a while and they’ve got all that home support.
“They beat us in the round robin and we’ll have to lift our game if we play them a g a i n . They get the crowd very excited and it’s a great atmosphere to play in.”
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recorded Britain’s best-ever women’s finish with their eighth at the Olympic Sliding Centre as Germany won gold. And after crowdfunding their campaign in South Korea, they believe they have done enough to get the investment needed for Beijing in four years’ time. “We want to go to Beijing 2022 and absolutely smash it. We’ve got four years to work on things, get faster on the start and improve my driving skills.” Elsewhere, snowboarder Billy Morgan qualified for the firstever men’s big air final on Saturday while Andrew Young and Andrew Musgrave just missed out on making the team sprint final in the crosscountry skiing. ❑See Eve Muirhead’s semi-final live on Eurosport 2 at 11am tomorrow. Don’t miss a moment of the Winter Games at Eurosport. co.uk and Eurosport app.