Curler Bruce Mouat needs a trick from his magic hat to rubber-stamp a shot at an Olympic mixed doubles medal alongside Jennifer Dodds.
The world champions were upstaged by round robin pace setters Italy in a 7-5 defeat that left them needing two wins from their final three games to guarantee qualification.
With hosts China up next, followed by Norway’s ‘curling couple’ of Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien, Mouat isn’t shying away from the prospect of knockout curling.
