Eve calls it a day

EVE MUIRHEAD, who skippered Team GB’s curlers to gold at this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing, has announced her retirement from the sport.

The 32-year-old from Perth also took bronze at the 2014 Sochi Olympics and claimed world and European titles during a fine career. ‘After 15 years of international curling and 21 international titles, I have made the hardest decision of my life to hang up my curling shoes,’ Muirhead said on social media. ‘Throughout my career and like most athletes,

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I have experienced both the highest of the highs and the lowest of lows. It’s been an emotional journey but one that I am incredibly proud of. ‘Retiring from curling as a current European, world and Olympic champion is something I always dreamed of and I am signing off with a huge smile on my face.’ British Curling performance director Nigel Holl said: ‘Eve Muirhead will go down not only as one of the greatest British curlers but one of the greatest British sportswomen.’