24th February 2010
Team GB’s men’s curlers face Sweden in a play-off on Wednesday at 14:00 (22:00 GMT) to keep their Olympic medal hopes alive. The winner will go forward to the semi-finals to face host nation Canada.
Looking forward to the play-off Team GB skip Dave Murdoch said, “We play Sweden and we just have to see it as another game. At least we are not out of it, that’s the main thing. Hopefully we will win that game. If we win we would play Canada in the semi-finals on Thursday. We like playing them; it always brings the best out in us. It is not something we are scared of and it would be one almighty game.”
The women’s bobsleigh reaches its climax at Whistler Sliding Centre on Wednesday. British World Champions Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke go into the second day of action in 10th place, with the GBR 2 crew of Paula Walker and Kelly Thomas just behind them in 11th.
Chemmy Alcott returns to action in her penultimate skiing event of Vancouver 2010, the giant slalom. She has already equalled her best Olympic performance by finishing 11th in the super combined, and she came 13th in the downhill and 20th in the Super-G.
Two of Team GB’s short track speed skaters return to action at the Pacific Coliseum as John Eley goes in the men’s 500m and 19-year-old Elise Christie competes in the women’s 1000m, her third event at Vancouver 2010. The 500m is Eley’s favourite event and he finished fifth at the last Olympic Winter Games in Turin.
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