Great Britain missed out on their fourth gold medal of the 2026 Olympic Games and failed to end a 102-year wait for a men’s curling gold when they slipped to a 9-6 defeat to Canada.
Bruce Mouat’s rink where beaten by the Canadians in the round robin last Tuesday but put in a superb performance as they challenged for the ultimate prize in Cortina.
The British quartet saw off Switzerland 8-5 in the semi-finals to guarantee at least silver - which they won in Beijing four years ago - and it was to be silver again as Canada capitalised on slender errors in the ninth end to score three points and take an unassailable lead into the final end.
Mouat had a shot to force an 11th end but jammed onto one of Canada’s stones gifting a point to his opponents and seeing the gold medal slip away.
Elsewhere GB’s Zoe Atkin was made to wait until Sunday to chase glory in the freeski halfpipe after the final was postponed due to a snowstorm in Livigno.
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- Team GB to face Canada with gold on line in men's curling final (6:05pm GMT)
- Zoe Atkin also vying for Olympic glory in freeski halfpipe (6:30pm GMT)
- Canada have been at centre of cheating scandal that has engulfed Olympic curling
- Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo wins record-breaking sixth gold at single Games
- Horror crash in bobsleigh hospitalises Austrian pilot
- PREVIEW: How Team GB can complete a curling heist to extend Winter Olympics tradition
- PREVIEW: Sibling rivalry fuels Zoe Atkin’s bid for Winter Olympics gold eight years after sister’s bronze
Team GB’s curlers condemned to second successive Olympic heartbreak in Canada defeat
Saturday 21 February 2026 21:06 , Flo Clifford in Cortina12 years on from masterminding Canada’s last Olympic curling gold, skip Brad Jacobs broke British hearts once again, defeating Bruce Mouat’s rink 9-6 in an edgy final to condemn GB to being bridesmaids once again.
24 years to the day since Rhona Howie’s infamous ‘Stone of Destiny’, Mouat could not replicate that great escape. It was silver again for the Beijing runners-up, who despite being comfortably the best team of the last two years could not make that advantage count on Saturday night.
Team GB’s curlers condemned to second successive Olympic silver by Canada
Jen Dodds speaking after the match
Saturday 21 February 2026 21:22 , Mike JonesWomen’s curling vice skip watched the men’s final and spoke to the BBC afterwards.
She said: "Gutted for them. They haven't shied away from the fact this has been their goal. They wanted to win Olympic gold. You can tell that from their emotions now.
"They were so close and in such a great position in the eighth end. They will want to replay that ninth end hundreds and hundreds of times over.
"I am so proud of them. The fight in the 10th end was just amazing."
Reaction from Grant Hardie
Saturday 21 February 2026 21:21 , Mike JonesTeam GB third, Grant Hardie said: "[Our friendship] is why we wanted to win it for each other.
“The pain from four years ago was that much, we thought we'd give it another go, had the chance, but unfortunately we haven't got there again."
Bruce Mouat reacts to winning silver again
Saturday 21 February 2026 21:17 , Mike JonesTeh Team GB skip said: "I'm a bit in shock. We felt like we were the better team there. I don't know what to say.
"Regardless of the result, the incredible thing we will take away is the amount of people who have come out to support us and have messaged us from back home. The boys and I love our sport, we want people to come and join our sport.
"If we can take anything away from ths week as well as the silver medal, it's being able to inspire people to hopefully want to participate. That is an achievement in itself."
Canada beat Great Britain to win curling gold
Saturday 21 February 2026 21:13 , Mike Jones
Great Britain 6-9 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:51 , Mike JonesBruce Mouat needs to take out the remaining two yellows.
They’re sitting in a line and he hits them too straight...
Canada take a steal and more importantly they win the gold medal!
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:49 , Mike JonesMouat now needs to take out the yellows in the middle and leave GB sitting up.
A tough shot for him but he looks confident.
Mouat does it beautifully and leaves three reds in play. It should be an easy one for Jacobs though in order to limit GB’s scoring.
Jacobs hits his own yellow on the nose, ricochets onto two reds and leaves Canada sitting two up...
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:46 , Mike JonesAnother decent shot from Hardie sees his stone curl in from the left.
He takes away one of the yellows and leaves four reds in the house.
GB need to score at least two but three will win them the gold.
Two stones each to go.
Brad Jacobs is coming with the takeout. He gets two of the reds and leaves Canada sitting two up!
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:44 , Mike JonesMarc Kennedy has a tough shot here. He wants to try and move the reds around and preferably take them out of the house.
He likes his release as he draws in from the right. It’s a slight nudge on the red and creates a better angle for Canada’s next shot.
What can GB do in response?
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:41 , Mike JonesTwo reds and three yellows sit in the house as Kennedy moves the last guard away.
Hardie tries to curl in deep and leave his red in behind the rest of the stones in the middle.
It’s a nice shot and he does well.
Three stones each to go.
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:39 , Mike JonesThree yellow stones in the house for Canada but Lammie has the chance to draw in and nudge them away.
He separates them and leaves his red onto the top one and keeps it in the house.
Gallant’s response is to hit the left side guard and move it away.
Mouat asks Lammie to freeze on top of the yellow peaking out to the left.
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:35 , Mike JonesBritain need to score two at least here, preferably three.
It’s the final end and the gold medal is on the line.
Canada curl into the house with their opening stone and McMillan sets up a centre guard.
Great Britain 6-8 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:33 , Mike JonesIt’s three!
That is a massive gamechanger in this gold medal match.
Canada lead by two with one end to go.
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:32 , Mike JonesBruce Mouat has the most difficult of shots.
He needs to try and limit Canada to just two points in this end.
His decision is to freeze right on top of the centre yellow stone. It’s unbelievably tricky and if he doesn’t pull it off Canada can score big.
Mouat releases.... and he doesn’t quite land it.
There’s space for Jacobs to knock the yellow out for a possible score of three or four.
Huge moment coming up...
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:28 , Mike JonesNearly!
Mouat tries a thin double off the stone in the middle and over to the right.
He can only take out one stone though and it looks like Canada will be scoring two points at least here.
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:26 , Mike JonesKennedy moves Hardie’s red out of the house but leaves a direct line at two yellows for Hardie.
Hardie jams one yellow into the other. Advantage Canada!
Kennedy does his job once more and displaces Hardie’s stone leaving three yellows in the house and Mouat has some tough shots coming up.
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:24 , Mike JonesHalfway through the end and Canada sit three up with no British stones in the house.
They’ll do well to restrict Canada from this position.
Grant Hardie has a couple of huge shots coming up...
... his first takes one of them away and moves the left side yellow further towards the edge of the rings but it remains in.
A good attempt from Hardie.
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:21 , Mike JonesAn error from Lammie sees him take out GB’s centre guard but he nudges it into the house which might prove useful later on.
Or not. Canada decide to take it away with the very next stone.
Lammie’s next shot is a bit better. He tries to double off the left side yellow and spin onto the yellow in the middle.
He hits both but the middle yellow remains in the house.
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:17 , Mike JonesThis is a crucial end.
Canada need to either score two or more or blank the end to keep the gold within their own hands.
Britain will want to either steal points or restrict Canada to just one and have the hammer for the final end.
Which way will this all go?
Great Britain 6-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:15 , Mike JonesBruce Mouat lines up a draw in from the left to nudge out a yellow and spin in towards the middle of the house.
He does okay but overshoots the spin and leaves Canada one up.
Jacobs’ last stone comes down the left side and looks to takeout the red in the house. He does!
Mouat needs to take one point now and nudge the sitting yellows further back.
The GB skip plays a nice stone and gets a point for his team.
Great Britain lead with two ends to play.
Great Britain 5-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:11 , Mike JonesHardie has just played a blinding shot and Mouat asks him to play another one.
He wants to skim off the yellow card and then into the rings.
It doesn’t pay off as the red lands above the blue area.
Advantage Canada in this end. Can they restrict GB to one point?
Great Britain 5-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:08 , Mike JonesBritain maintain their goal of removing the stones from the centre guard.
Hardie nails it!
He smokes the top guard, into the middle and then into the house to nudge away the sitting yellow as well.
What a shot!
Great Britain 5-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:06 , Mike JonesCanada don’t like having a lot of GB stones in the house so they decide to remove McMillan’s.
Lammie’s task is to takeout the two centre guards. He hits the top one on the nose and removes one of them but the other spins in behind the red guard on the right side.
That was unlucky.
Canada put in another guard, Lammie looks to take it out again but spins off his own previous stone.
Great Britain 5-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:02 , Mike JonesScoring has been quite tricky to come by in this match but it would be incredible if GB could collect another two in this end.
As usual McMillan and Hebert set up guards with the first few stones of the end.
McMillan then comes around the right side guard and settles his stone inside the house.
A nice move.
Great Britain 5-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 20:00 , Mike Jones
Great Britain 5-5 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:59 , Mike JonesJacobs takes one point from the end and draws level again.
Three ends to go and the hammer moves back to Team GB.
They still hold the slight advantage.
Great Britain 5-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:58 , Mike JonesBruce Mouat draws in from the left and looks to leave his red behind the guards.
It just about makes it but there’s another takeout on the cards and this one for Brad Jacobs.
Jacobs takes out the sitting red and leaves his yellow in the house.
Mouat has to come wide down the right to move that one on and sit two up... which is just what he does!
Canada now have to take the one point. Incredible play from the GB skip.
Great Britain 5-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:55 , Mike JonesTit for tat at the minute.
Three stones left per team in the seventh end and there are no stones in the house.
GB are trying to force Canada into only scoring one here.
Kennedy drives onto the nose of a red guard and knocks away the only stone in the house.
But, a red remains in there which could cause an issue for the Canadians.
Great Britain 5-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:50 , Mike JonesA couple of guards go up in the seventh end.
Then a few stones curled into the house with Canada looking to freeze atop the two British reds in there.
Mouat doesn’t like that. He tasks Lammie with striking the centre guard and knocking the two yellows out.
He does so wonderfully!
Team GB sit two up.
Great Britain 5-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:46 , Mike JonesFour ends to go. Britain lead by one but Canada now have the hammer.
Britain will want to limit Canada to one point in each of their remaining ends to keep their slight advantage.
The Canadians will want to score big.
Which team will blink first?
Great Britain 5-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:45 , Mike JonesThe hope was to displace three yellows but Mouat can only move two of them.
Canada still lie one up and are now looking to restrict GB to one point in this end.
Jacobs nestles his final stone up against the red on the right side of the house.
There’s an angle for Mouat!
He can double the two sitting yellows and possibly collect two points here.
Mouat with the steely focus, he releases...
... and takes them! Two yellows spin out of the house leaving two reds in place.
Team GB move back ahead!
Great Britain 3-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:41 , Mike JonesJust the skips to go in this end.
Canada have the advantage as they lie one up. Jacobs draws in from the right and leaves his yellow atop of the British red.
The house is clustered over to the left.
Mouat thinks there’s a chance he can take out all three of the yellows that are causing issues.
High risk shot this one...
Great Britain 3-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:35 , Mike JonesA great shot from Marc Kennedy sees him draw in from the right and nudge the only red in the house out of the way.
Hardie’s response is to try to freeze up against the yellow in the house.
Canada have a little chat and decide to freeze their own stone on top of Hardie’s.
It’s a tricky shot for Kennedy and he leaves it a little short.
Great Britain 3-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:33 , Mike JonesInto the sixth end which opens with a few guards before Canada enter the house.
They lie one up at the halfway point of the end with four stones left to send.
Great Britain 3-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:23 , Flo Clifford in CortinaThere's a sharp intake of breath all around the stadium as it looks like Jacobs might have misjudged his final shot, with GB's final red drifting across the house and looking for a moment as if it might rest there for Britain to steal a point.
But it keeps drifting and the stadium exhales. Canada take the one point and lead 4-3 at the break.
Great Britain 3-4 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:22 , Mike JonesNo!
A sharp shot from Jacobs hits the reds on the nose and his stone spins on its spot remaining in the house.
That gives Canada a point but they wanted to have the hammer in the next end instead.
Still, the Canadians lead at the halfway stage.
Great Britain 3-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:21 , Mike JonesBrad Jacobs has a shot at taking out the three sitting reds in the house.
He can certainly take two of them and releases the stone with some gusto.
The top two reds curl out!
If Mouat moves the last yellow then Canada’s best scoring option is to get one.
Mouat nails it!
But. There’s a chance that Canada can blank this end and Jacobs can knock both remaining reds out as well as his own yellow...
Great Britain 3-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:17 , Mike JonesAnother stellar shot from Hardie sees him nudge a right sitting yellow out of the house and he spins his own stone into the middle.
Kennedy is left with a couple of options and decides to takeout the centre guard to open up the house.
Hardie’s next play is to block with another guard. Kennedy then uses that guard to smash the stones in the house.
Canada lie one up after all that.
Great Britain 3-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:12 , Mike JonesCanada have the hammer in this fifth end and will want to score well here.
GB set a centre guard but Canada decide to stones into the house.
Bobby Lammie uses that guard to double into the house and he takes out a yellow and a red.
Lammie is tasked with displacing another yellow in the house. GB have a red in play meaning there’s a slight advantage for them here.
Lammie’s takeout is very nice and he spins in behind the remaining guard too!
Great Britain 3-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:06 , Mike JonesOh! Jacobs tries to leave the stone at the tip of the blue circle but is a little heavy.
Mouat has a chance to curl in and nick a point from the end but it’s a tricky one.
It’s also a crucial shot in this match...
... Mouat is confident. He hits the two yellow stones on the nose and spins into the centre.
A point for Team GB!
Great Britain 2-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:03 , Mike JonesWill Bruce Mouat go for the double?
It looks like he is. He catches his own guard and nudges the top yellow further into the house.
A risky move and one that might backfire.
Canada sit two up and want to flood the house with their final stone.
Great Britain 2-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 19:01 , Mike JonesGrant Hardie manages to land his takeout of both Canada guards leaving the Canadians sitting one up in the house with four stones to play.
Mouat has the last one so he’ll be responding to what Brad Jacobs does.
Jacobs draws in from the right and nudges his own yellow further back in the house.
“It’s pretty good, I don’t mind that one bit,” he tells his teammates.
Great Britain 2-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:57 , Mike JonesCanada are the first to enter the house and leave their stone just above the green zone and in behind the two yellow guards.
Bobby Lammie tries to take all three stones out but he is slightly off with his accuracy and only manages to displace the top centre stone.
Canada replace their guard. Lammie has a second attempt at the shot...
... the result is the same and the centre guard is removed.
Great Britain 2-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:55 , Mike JonesBack over to Team GB who have the hammer in this fourth end.
The end begins with a couple of guards being set up and a high centre guard from Hebert.
McMillan’s second stone curls across a guard on the right to go along with his guard on the left.
Just setting up the end at the minute.
Great Britain 2-3 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:52 , Mike JonesA lovely shot from Mouat sees him take out the sitting yellow and rolls in behind the red guard.
Jacobs should be able to knock it away and it looks like a score of two for Canada...
... yes! Jacobs is tight in passsing the guard but he’s right on the money. The red spins out of the house and the Canadian get their two points.
They move back into the lead.
Great Britain 2-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:50 , Mike JonesBruce Mouat curls in from the right and takes out the yellow in the middle of the nose.
There’s still two Canada stones causing issues and GB could give up a few points here.
Jacobs tries to emulate Mouat and remove the red. He does so and leaves a chance for Mouat to force a tricky last shot.
Great Britain 2-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:46 , Mike JonesSuperb! Lammie draws in from the left and rolls his stone in behind the two at the top of the house before landing in the centre circle.
Great Britain 2-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:41 , Mike JonesA couple of guards and a couple of stones into the house.
Team GB sit one up, Canada have frozen a stone on top of the red in the house.
Bobby Lammie’s first stone is too soft and he leaves it well short effectively acting as another guard through the middle.
Canada’s Brett Gallant is also short and there’s a few quizzical looks down at the ice from both teams.
Great Britain 2-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:37 , Mike JonesThis match will be one that goes down to the wire.
Every advantage, like GB taking two points from the previous end, will be crucial.
Britain look to set up the third end with McMillan putting in the centre guard.
Great Britain 2-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:35 , Mike JonesBruce Mouat needs to close this end out for GB.
He draws his first stone in behind Canada’s guard making it difficult for Jacobs to displace.
Instead the Canada skip targets the right side red and leaves Mouat a free shot for two points.
It’s an easy draw and Mouat makes it. Britain take the lead.
Great Britain 0-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:33 , Mike JonesHardie’s second stone is sent down the right side of the sheet to leave a stone in the house away from the other red.
It gives GB a slight advantage and the possibility to earn two points in this end.
Jacobs’ first stone takes out the red on the left side of the house and he tries to spin across and hit the second red too but to no avail.
Great Britain 0-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:30 , Mike JonesTeam GB’s Grant Hardie is tasked with knocking both yellows out of the house.
He smashes the shot! Slightly hit on the nose, the first yellow spins into the second and both glide out of the house leaving behind his red which is also tucked in behind the guard.
Marc Kennedy’s response is to jam the red guard onto the red in the house. He does that successfully but GB are still lying proud.
Great Britain 0-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:27 , Mike JonesBobby Lammie places a beautiful takeout to remove Canada’s centre guard and also take a yellow out of the house.
Canada remove the British red inside the house but Lammie is on point again to take that yellow out and sit closest to the centre.
Great Britain 0-1 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:22 , Mike JonesTop work from Jacobs to limit the damage in the first end.
He draws in from the left and nestles above the closest red meaning Canada take a point.
It was constant pressure from Team GB in that end but Canada having the hammer always meant it would have been difficult to steal.
Just giving up a point was probably the best option.
The crowd inside the stadium skews British
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:20 , Flo Clifford in CortinaGB are playing with a fifth man right from the get-go: the crowd inside the Cortina stadium skews British, and they certainly have been a lot louder than their Canadian counterparts.
Although I'm not sure how helpful the chants are - so far we've had a lot of 'Let's go GB, let's go' and the slightly more original 'We like to Mouat, Mouat'.
Great Britain 0-0 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:20 , Mike JonesMouat looks to take out the yellow on the right side of the house and leave three red stones sitting.
Canada might be forced to settle for just one in this end.
What can Jacobs produce?
Great Britain 0-0 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:18 , Mike JonesBrad Jacobs, the Canada skip, will have the final stone in this end.
First he needs to deal with Mouat’s first stone. He’s got a determined look on his face and goes for a draw from the right.
He hits Mouat’s red but leaves Team GB lying two up.
Interesting.
Great Britain 0-0 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:16 , Mike JonesBoth teams are trying to one up each other with Grant Hardie and Marc Kennedy drawing in from either side of the sheet to pack the house.
Canada lie one up and there’s a possible shot for Bruce Mouat to curl in from the left and nudge one of his reds onto the sitting stone.
That’s the shot he tries to make... and he nails it!
Not only that but he also touches the second yellow further away from the centre of the house too.
Great Britain 0-0 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:11 , Mike JonesNice work from Bobby Lammie who displaces the two yellow stones inside the house and leaves Team GB sitting three up.
At the halfway point of the match, Canada’s reply is to draw into a red and nudge two of them out of the house.
A tactical first end this one.
Great Britain 0-0 Canada
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:06 , Mike JonesHammy McMillan sends down the first stone and plays a centre guard.
Canada have the hammer in this first end and respond through Ben Hebert who shouts down that the ‘line’s good’.
His first stone lands in the green circle in the house and this gold medal match is underway!
Bruce Mouat gets an extra loud cheer from Tartan Army
Saturday 21 February 2026 18:04 , Flo Clifford in CortinaAn atmospheric light show to begin, then the traditional bagpipe players walk out to warm applause. The two teams walk out right after them, with a mix of jeers and cheers for each.
Bruce Mouat gets an extra loud cheer from the large contingent of British fans - and the Tartan Army right behind the Canadians' bench, who have caused a ruckus throughout this week.
Men's curling final
Saturday 21 February 2026 17:56 , Mike JonesOkay, it’s almost time for the men’s curling gold medal match.
Great Britain vs Canada.
This is the third time in four Winter Olympics that Team GB have played for the gold.
Both previous attempts saw them beaten as David Murdoch’s rink lost in Sochi (2014) and Bruce Mouat’s side lost in Beijing (2022).
Who makes up the Team GB men's curling squad?
Saturday 21 February 2026 17:45 , Mike JonesSkip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Kyle Waddell
What is Last Stone Advantage?
Saturday 21 February 2026 17:30 , Mike JonesBefore a game of curling begins, teams decide who will have what is also known as Last Stone Advantage. In championship curling the hammer is decided by a draw to the button with two players from each team delivering a stone as close as possible to the centre of the house – one stone is delivered clockwise and the other counter-clockwise – and the distance from the stone to the centre being measured.
This process is called the Last Stone Draw or LSD.
In the men’s and women’s events, the final two stones of each end are generally thrown by the skip. This is the de facto captain of each rink, who shapes their team’s strategy and must execute calmly under pressure.
What is the hammer in curling and why is it important?
Saturday 21 February 2026 17:15 , Mike JonesThe hammer is a crucial part of curling.
The team that has the hammer is able to throw the final stone of each end, generally a significant advantage, with all other stones thrown and the current scoring situation clear.
Whichever team doesn’t score during an end will get the hammer in the next round – this sometimes causes teams to avoid scoring just a single point, instead preferring to retain the hammer and score more heavily in the next end. It is retained if neither team scores.
Team GB hoping to turn the tables
Saturday 21 February 2026 17:10 , Flo Clifford in CortinaPreparations are underway for tonight's blockbuster final, with volunteers out shaving down and polishing the ice.
Some have brooms - regular ones, not curling brooms - to sweep away the ice shards and leave the sheet perfectly smooth.
Tonight's final is taking place on Sheet C, where Canada beat GB 9-5 in the round robin, and Bruce Mouat's rink will be hoping to turn the tables tonight.
How Team GB can complete a curling heist to extend Winter Olympics tradition
Saturday 21 February 2026 17:00 , Flo CliffordAfter what feels like a thousand days of curling, here we are. Team GB’s men are in the final. A medal, either gold or silver, awaits.
For Bruce Mouat’s rink – the dominant force in curling, the reigning world champions, the four-time European champions, and Olympic silver medallists four years ago – it has to be gold.
How Team GB can complete a curling heist to extend Winter Olympics tradition
Winter Olympics half-pipe final postponed as snowstorm hits Livigno
Saturday 21 February 2026 16:54 , Flo CliffordThe women’s half-pipe final at Milano-Cortina 2026 has been pushed back to Sunday after a snowstorm hit Livigno, where the snowsport events are taking place.
Saturday’s final was initially delayed by an hour and a half due to heavy snowfall in Livigno which completely blanketed the half-pipe, with poor visibility making it unsafe for the event to go ahead.
Winter Olympics half-pipe final postponed as snowstorm hits Livigno
When is Team GB’s Winter Olympics curling final?
Saturday 21 February 2026 16:45 , Mike JonesTeam GB take on Canada at 6.05pm GMT (7.05pm local time) on Saturday 21 February.
The final will be broadast live on TNT Sports and subscribers can stream the action online via the Discovery+ app and website.
It will also be shown on BBC iPlayer and on the BBC Sport website.
Women's halfpipe final postponed until tomorrow
Saturday 21 February 2026 16:21 , Mike JonesThe Olympic Committee has decided that the weather is too bad to have the women’s halfpipe final today.
A statement reads: “Unfortunately due to persistent heavy snow and the inability to prepare the pipe in a safe and fair condition, the jury has made the decision to postpone the Women's Half pipe Finals to tomorrow, Sunday the 22nd.
“The proposed plan is tomorrow morning awaiting official confirmation.
“We will then post a new official schedule.”
French biathlete convicted of credit card fraud wins fourth Winter Olympics medal
Saturday 21 February 2026 16:15 , Flo CliffordFrench biathlete Julian Simon claimed a fourth medal of this Winter Olympics with silver in the final race of the Games, the women’s 12.5km mass start.
Simon had already won the women’s 15km individual, as well as the mixed and women’s relays in Antholz-Anterselva in the far north of Italy.
French biathlete convicted of credit card fraud wins fourth Winter Olympics medal
Women's halfpipe final delayed due to weather
Saturday 21 February 2026 16:07 , Mike JonesIt’s heavily snowing in Livigno which means that the women’s halfpipe final is unlikely to begin as scheduled.
Zoe Atkin’s pursuit of a gold medal will now take place at 8pm GMT.
A postponement until tomorrow has not been ruled out and there may be more updates to come.
Winter Olympics medal table: Current standings for Team GB ahead of final events
Saturday 21 February 2026 16:00 , Will CastleThe 2026 Winter Olympics is nearing its end in northern Italy as Milan-Cortina plays host to the century-old sporting event.
Norway are historically the most successful nation in the Winter Games and the Norwegians have once again romped away at the top the medal table, having already exceeded the 16 golds they claimed in Beijing four years ago, four more than second-placed Germany.
The USA are in prime position to claim second int he medal table, although host nation Italy and the Netherlands are not too far behind.
Team GB set a target of winning four to eight medals this time around and are guaranteed to reach at least the lower end of that range with three golds already in the bag, thanks to a brilliant double on ‘Super Sunday’, and Bruce Mouat’s men’s curling rink guaranteed at least a silver when they compete in the final on Saturday evening. Zoe Atkins will hope to make it five medals after qualifying top of the freestyle skiing halfpipe standings.
Here are the latest standings from Milan-Cortina 2026:
Winter Olympics medal table: Current standings for Team GB ahead of final events
The unmistakeable political edge attached to the USA and Canada’s blockbuster ice hockey final
Saturday 21 February 2026 15:45 , James ToneyIt is hard to know what hockey-mad Canadians would find less palatable — Donald Trump following through on his rhetoric about annexing their country or losing this weekend’s Olympic men’s hockey final to the United States.
Losing your country or losing a game shouldn't really be a choice but this is Canada, where hockey is the cultural cornerstone.
The sport has long provided an athletic outlet for political tension: the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union and the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics remain prime examples.
These two teams of NHL team-mates know there is more than gold on the line in Milan before they jet back across the Atlantic to resume their seasons.
The political edge attached to the USA and Canada’s ice hockey final
Austrian press attache provide positive update after bobsleigh crash
Saturday 21 February 2026 15:39 , Will CastleChristoph Iglhauser, the Austrian team press attache, has confirmed that Jakob Mandlbauer has escaped a serious injury and was taken to hospital for “only a check”.
"Jakob is on his way to hospital," Iglhauser said to The Athletic. "He's not so bad. It's just a check. Everyone else is fine. No injury, only a check. He'll be fine."
Mandlbauer had complained of neck and back pain and was taken away to hospital.
Speed skater takes blade to the face in bloody accident at Winter Olympics
Saturday 21 February 2026 15:30 , Will CastlePolish speed-skater Kamila Sellier had to be stretchered off the ice on Friday after a competitor's blade sliced her above her left eye in a gory accident during the women's 1,500m at the Milan Cortina Olympics.
Sellier went down along with 15-time Olympic medalist Ariana Fontana of Italy and American skater Kristen Santos-Griswold, who was penalised for an illegal lane pass that contributed to the accident and therefore denied a place in the quarter-final.
The race was paused while Sellier received attention, with a large white sheet raised to block the view of the packed crowd inside the Milano Ice Skating Arena, there to see the final night of short-track speed skating.
Speed skater takes blade to the face in bloody accident at Winter Olympics
GB freeskier Gus Kenworthy misses out on podium on Olympic comeback
Saturday 21 February 2026 15:15 , Flo CliffordGus Kenworthy finished sixth in the men’s freeski half-pipe final, falling twice to end his hopes of a medal under the lights at Livigno Snow Park.
American Alex Ferreira won gold with an unbeaten score of 93.75 on his final run, while Estonia’s 19-year-old Henry Sildaru took silver with 93.00 and Canadian Brendan Mackay bronze with 91.00.
Kenworthy qualified in ninth place having come out of retirement from the sport for one more tilt at the Olympic Games.
GB freeskier Gus Kenworthy misses out on podium on Olympic comeback
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Saturday 21 February 2026 15:00 , Will CastleHow Team GB pulled off a great escape to guarantee curling medal
Saturday 21 February 2026 14:45 , Charlie BennettHere’s our report from Team GB’s curling semi-final triumph in Cortina:
Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk once surmised that history does nothing but repeat itself.
In Cortina, Great Britain’s curlers are hoping to prove that notion true.
Rhona Martin and Eve Muirhead both led British squads to unlikely curling gold medals and on Saturday night, Bruce Mouat will hope to do the same after a day of rollercoaster emotions on and off the ice.
Team GB pull off great escape to guarantee curling medal and keep hope of glory alive
The Winter Olympics’ newest sport is entertaining - but fundamental flaws make it merely a gimmick
Saturday 21 February 2026 14:30 , Flo CliffordThe first-ever Olympic ski mountaineering medals were handed out on Thursday, with world champions Oriol Cardona Coll of Spain and Marianne Fatton of Switzerland taking gold in the men’s and women’s races, respectively.
Ski mountaineering - skimo for short - is the first new sport added to the Winter Olympics programme since skeleton in 2002, but may not prove quite as long-lasting.
It had an inauspicious beginning as Bormio - which has also hosted the men’s Alpine skiing - was covered in a blanket of snow, with heavy snow falling throughout the competitions and the powdery conditions less than ideal for the athletes.
Ski mountaineering is entertaining - but fundamental flaws make it a gimmick
Heartbreak for GB's women's rink
Saturday 21 February 2026 14:15 , Will CastleOf course, it hasn’t all been sunshine and rainbows for Team GB’s curling campaign.
GB’s women’s curling team were dumped out of contention for a medal in brutal fashion after the USA clinched an extra-end win over Switzerland in their final round robin game.
Sophie Jackson’s rink beat Italy 7-4 in their final group stage game on Thursday but were left relying on other results to go their way in order to scrape into the semi-finals - the same position the British men’s rink were in.
GB had beaten the USA 8-7 in the round robin after the Americans let a lead slip, with a stunning shot from Rebecca Morrison keeping them in contention for the semi-finals.
And it looked like the Americans were about to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory against Switzerland too, as the Swiss scored three in the 10th end to leave the match poised at 6-6 going into an extra end.
The US made a messy start to the extra end but ultimately won by millimetres as Tabitha Peterson, with the hammer, delivered a superb final throw to just edge closer to the button than Switzerland’s two stones in the house.
It was a remarkable comeback but condemns Great Britain, who won the gold medal in Beijing 2022 under skip Eve Muirhead, to a group-stage exit.
GB women out of curling medal contention after stunning USA win
Zoe Atkin could steal spotlight from Eileen Gu as she raises hopes of another Team GB gold
Saturday 21 February 2026 14:00 , Megan ArmitageWhen Eileen Gu soared to freeski halfpipe gold four years ago, Zoe Atkin was just happy to be in a final.
Cut to four years later and it's a different story.
Since her ninth-place finish at her maiden Olympic Games in Beijing 2022, Atkin has soared to the top of the international scene and grown into one of freestyle skiing's most dominant halfpipe athletes.
So much so, she now enters her second Games as reigning world champion, X Games champion and joint Crystal Globe holder. So, bring it on Eileen.
Atkin could steal spotlight from Gu as she raises hope of more GB gold
Mandlbauer's crewmates escape relatively unscathed
Saturday 21 February 2026 13:49 , Will CastleFor those of you just joining us - Austrian bobsleigh pilot Jakob Mandlbauer is in hospital after being involved in a horror crash in Cortina earlier.
Luckily, Mandlbauer's three teammates were all able to escape the sled and walk off the track back to the athlete area, but the pilot remained on the ice where he received treatment.
In an encouraging update, Team GB’s Greg Hackett confirmed his crew were “OK” after returning to the changing rooms.
And while Mandlbauer required hospitalisation, Hackett seemingly played down fears of any grave injury by saying: “It seems he can move, he’s alright.”
Given this was one of three crashes in the second heat alone, things definitely could have been worse. We’re all hoping for Mandlbauer’s recovery.
Austria crash hard in bobsleigh
Saturday 21 February 2026 13:40 , Will Castle
GB pilot Brad Hall on hit-and-miss day one
Saturday 21 February 2026 13:27 , Will Castle"Bit lost for words to be honest,” said Hall, who saw Team GB drop from third to seventh after a poor second run.
“We had a really good first run, third place and then the second run got away from us. Don't really know where so we're going to go have to go back and look at the videos and see what happened. It felt like a nice run to me but we lost some time.
"I could see some of the clocks on the way down the track and we were in the green at turn seven so it must have been something from that point onwards. I'm really not sure what happened there."
Cursed day at the bobsleigh
Saturday 21 February 2026 13:15 , Will CastleIt proved a cursed second heat in Cortina with two more crashes ensuing before the end of the day’s action.
The French team, who were 26th after their first run, were next to suffer a heavy crash before Trinidad & Tobago - the last team to go - also crashed out.
However, in both cases, all four athletes from the respective crews were able to walk back to the athlete area, including British-born Trinidad & Tobago athlete Axel Brown.
Update after horror bobsleigh crash
Saturday 21 February 2026 13:03 , Will CastleAustrian bobsleigh pilot Jakob Mandlbauer was taken away on stretcher after being involved in a horror crash earlier today in the Winter Olympics four-man final.
Team GB’s Greg Hackett spoke on the incident after their second run, which saw the Brits drop from third to seventh, and seemed to allay fears over the severity of the injuries suffered.
Hackett told BBC Sport: “It is a dangerous sport. Thankfully the boys came back up to the changing rooms so his crew are OK. Jakob I think is in hospital but it seems he can move, he’s alright.
“It’s a serious thing. We’re here to compete, that’s one thing, but we’re all mates, we all get along internationally so you never want to see anyone go down and their Olympic experience ending that way, no-one wants to see that either.
“Hopefully they’re all OK and ready to go tomorrow.”
Bobsleigh pilot hospitalised after horror crash at Winter Olympics
The ‘cheating’ accusations, secret filming, and curling scandal engulfing the Winter Olympics
Saturday 21 February 2026 13:00 , Will CastleControversy has erupted in the curling at the Winter Olympics, with Great Britain dragged into the explosive fallout following cheating accusations against the Canadian team, who Team GB face in the final tonight.
Last Friday, Canada’s men’s side was accused by Sweden of breaking the rules by repeatedly double-touching the curling stone after release, leading to swear words being exchanged on the ice.
After Canada denied the claims, the team’s third, Marc Kennedy, responded by furiously insisting, “I haven’t done it once. You can f*** off”. Footage of Kennedy clearing touching the stone after release later went viral.
The ‘cheating’ accusations, secret filming, and scandal engulfing curling
Men’s curling results
Saturday 21 February 2026 12:45 , Will CastleBronze match
20 February: Norway 1-9 Switzerland
Semi-finals
19 February: Switzerland 5-8 Great Britain
19 February: Canada 5-4 Norway
Round robin
11 February: China 4-9 Great Britain
12 February: Great Britain 6-3 Sweden
13 February: Great Britain 7-9 Italy
14 February: Czech Republic 4-7 Great Britain
15 February: Germany 4-9 Great Britain
15 February: Great Britain 5-6 Switzerland
16 February: Great Britain 6-7 Norway
17 February: Canada 9-5 Great Britain
18 February: USA 2-9 Great Britain
Who makes up the Team GB men's curling squad?
Saturday 21 February 2026 12:30 , Will CastleSkip: Bruce Mouat
Third: Grant Hardie
Second: Bobby Lammie
Lead: Hammy McMillan Jr.
Alternate: Kyle Waddell
Klaebo makes history!
Saturday 21 February 2026 12:18 , Will CastleHe’s done it!
Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has won the 50km cross-country race to become first athlete to win six golds at a single Winter Games.
Martin Loewstroem Nyenget won silver and the bronze went to Emil Iversen in a sweep for Norway.
Incredible stuff.
Team GB bobsleigh medal hopes take a hit after second run
Saturday 21 February 2026 12:13 , Will CastleTeam GB have been in four-man bobsleigh action this morning and pilot Brad Hall had put them in medal contention after the first run.
However, his second heat did not go to plan with GB losing a lot of time, dropping from third place to seventh.
The British coaches looked dejected as the sleigh crossed the line, with GB clocking in a sub-optimal time of 55.04.
They’ll need to pick themselves up going into day two if they want to salvage this.
Klaebo chasing unprecedented sixth gold in men's 50km
Saturday 21 February 2026 12:04 , Will CastleNorway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has hit the front in the men’s 50km cross country with just three kilometres to ski.
Klæbo won his tenth career Olympic gold medal and is now on course to win his sixth gold medal at a single Winter Olympics, sweeping the cross country events in an unprecedented feat.
However, he’s being challenged by compatriot Martin Loewstroem Nyenget, with the pair going cat and mouse at the front.
Andrew Musgrave of Great Britain is out of medal contention but is skiing an impressive race, finding himself in sixth.
Sibling rivalry fuels Zoe Atkin’s bid for Winter Olympics gold eight years after sister’s bronze
Saturday 21 February 2026 12:00 , Flo CliffordFour years on from a frustrating debut Winter Olympics, and nearly two weeks from the start of Milano-Cortina, Britain’s Zoe Atkin arrives in Livigno as the hot favourite.
The 23-year-old was the top qualifier in the freeski halfpipe, with longtime rival and defending champion Eileen Gu of China down in fifth.
Atkin finished ninth in Beijing but is a very different prospect now: the Stanford student is reigning world champion and the X Games gold medallist, claiming the title only a couple of weeks before the Olympics began.
She is expecting a very different experience to the 2022 Games, held under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic when she was just 19.
Sibling rivalry fuels Atkin’s bid for Olympic gold eight years after sister’s bronze
How Team GB can complete a curling heist to extend Winter Olympics tradition
Saturday 21 February 2026 11:45 , Flo CliffordAfter what feels like a thousand days of curling, here we are. Team GB’s men are in the final. A medal, either gold or silver, awaits. For Bruce Mouat’s rink – the dominant force in curling, the reigning world champions, the four-time European champions, and Olympic silver medallists four years ago – it has to be gold.
It could so easily have been no medal at all. Mouat has been the busiest man in Cortina, having played for 16 days in a row, beginning even before the opening ceremony. A loss in the mixed doubles bronze-medal match meant everything was riding on the men’s event.
But Team Mouat distinctly underperformed, to the bafflement of all concerned, and ended up reliant on other results going their way in order to make the semi-finals.
Hosts Italy obliged by losing to the top two qualifiers, Switzerland and Canada, in their final two matches. Having made a narrow escape, the sleeping giant awoke: GB sent the heartbroken Swiss, who had been so dominant in the round-robin, packing.
How Team GB can complete a curling heist to extend Winter Olympics tradition
When is Team GB’s Winter Olympics curling final?
Saturday 21 February 2026 11:30 , Will CastleTeam GB take on Canada at 6.05pm GMT (7.05pm local time) on Saturday 21 February.
How to watch on TV and stream online
The final will be broadast live on TNT Sports and subscribers can stream the action online via the Discovery+ app and website.
It will also be shown on BBC iPlayer and on the BBC Sport website.
Will it be 'Super Saturday' for Team GB?
Saturday 21 February 2026 11:24 , Will CastleGreat Britain will hope to end their 102-year wait for Winter Olympic curling gold as Bruce Mouat’s rink seek revenge against Canada in Cortina.
Team GB’s men slumped to a 9-5 defeat by Canada on Tuesday evening following the controversy that erupted over the weekend with cheating accusations made against the Canadian team, but they hit back in style against the USA on Wednesday afternoon, winning 9-2 after just six ends to remain in the hunt for a medal.
The British quartet then saw off Switzerland 8-5 in the semi-finals to guarantee at least silver - which they won in Beijing four years ago - and now have the chance to write themselves into Olympic folklore.
GB’s Zoe Atkin will also chase glory in the freeski halfpipe as she looks to pip longtime rival and defending champion Eileen Gu of China to gold, entering the final as the top qualifier.
Good morning
Saturday 21 February 2026 11:23 , Will CastleHello and welcome to The Independent’s live coverage of the Winter Olympics.
Team GB are going for gold on multiple fronts tonight - Bruce Mouat’s rink are looking to deliver curling glory in the men’s final while Zoe Atkin chases history in the freeski halfpipe.
We’ll bring you all the build-up and action throughout the day!
