Team GB men's curling skipper Bruce Mouat admits he still feels 'sore' after agonisingly losing out on gold at the Winter Olympics.
In what proved a deflating fortnight for British athletes in Beijing, it was the two curling teams that salvaged pride when both reached their respective finals.
But while Eve Muirhead's women's curlers crushed Japan in their final, the men's squad of Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Ross Whyte, and Hammy McMillan went down 5-4 against Sweden.
They took a compelling match to an extra end, but Sweden were able to use their last-stone advantage to score one.
Mouat's final shot to try and force a steal did not come off and left Swedish skip Niklas Edin and co celebrating victory.
It meant Britain's 98-year wait for a men's curling gold medal continued, and in an interview with the BBC, Mouat admitted the nature of the defeat was giving him sleepless nights.
"It's still a bit sore, I'm not going to lie," he admitted.
"It's funny, I think about it more when I'm going to bed or when everything just kind of calms down. I just felt like we were so close to winning the gold and that's obviously been a dream of mine for such a long time.
"It is really annoying that we didn't get over the line."
However, Mouat, 27, did concede that a silver medal had represented a sizeable consolation.
"Getting that silver medal as well, and seeing everyone's face when we got to show them - it does mean a lot to them as well.
"And it makes me happy that people at least are seeing a medal of some colour."
The men's team had topped their round-robin group with eight wins and just one defeat from their nine pool games.
That set up a semi final against Team USA, and the British quintet were at their best to record an 8-4 win.
And despite missing out in the final, Mouat and co have been backed to return strongly in four years time though, when the Winter Games take place in Milan and Cortina.
Indeed, after their loss BBC pundit Jackie Lockhart said "I know it seems a long, long way ahead but every year just passes and they're going to get stronger and stronger so they have to think about that."
