Team GB earned a guaranteed chance at a medal in both the curling and freestyle skiing on day one at Milano Cortina 2026.
Bruce Mouat and Jen Dodds swept themselves into a guaranteed medal match after taking their run of wins to seven in the curling mixed doubles.
With two matches still left to play, against Switzerland and hosts Italy tomorrow, Mouat and Dodds clinched victories over Canada and the USA to seal their place in the final four.
The duo beat Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Callant in an emphatic start to their morning session, with a 7-2 lead over their opponents after just five ends.
Just hours later, the Scottish duo were back in action against Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin of the USA, starting strongly to gain a swift lead before their opponents fought back to even the scores.
But the dynamic duo of Dodds and Mouat held firm to run out 6-4 winners.
"We’re really happy that we qualified our spot [in the semi-finals]," added Dodds.
"That was two big games today, we knew that we had to step up our game even from yesterday into today and we did that.”
Kirsty Muir also earned the right to compete for a medal as she qualified for Monday's women's freestyle skiing slopestyle showpiece, with a best score of 64.98 placing her third overall.
Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland and Eileen Gu of China, who fell on her first run, put down scores of 79.15 and 75.30 respectively.
But if last month's heroics at the X Games are anything to go by, where Muir produced a mammoth 93.66 to take gold, the Scot might just have a couple more tricks up her sleeve for the final.
"I think this morning I was quite good, I was focused, I was able to calm myself down a little bit but my heart was maybe racing a little bit more than usual," she said.
"After I put my first run down then I felt a bit of a relief and could just be a bit smoother in myself.
"It's about knowing that I can do it when I'm feeling a little bit nervous, when I'm feeling a little bit of pressure, knowing that I can trust myself and put it down.
"I'm just going to give it everything [in the final]. I'm not going to hold back and I think that if I do that and I put a run down that I'd like to do then I'll be just super proud of myself."
Chris McCormick finished 26th in the men's slopestyle qualification on his Olympic debut meaning he will not progress to the final. He will, however, be back in action in the men's big air qualification.
"I'm disappointed for sure. It was not what I was hoping for, but I've had a pretty tough week with a very painful ankle. I guess to even make it to the start of the game is a small victory," he reflected.
Anna Pryce made history in the women’s 10km + 10km skiathlon on her Olympic debut as she became the first woman to compete in the event for Team GB.
She finished 42nd in 1:01:09.5 as Sweden claimed a one-two, with Frida Karlsson winning gold and compatriot Ebba Andersson claiming silver.
Edward Appleby put in a season’s best performance of 69.68 on his Olympic debut in the men’s single skating short program.
He finished 10th in qualification, meaning Team GB finished ninth overall as they finished on 12 points in the team event.
“I feel like I’m on quite a bit of a high right now,” he said. “Obviously it wasn’t a clean skate but it felt very solid and it was one that let me enjoy the moment even more.
“Rather than just, ‘Okay this is when I become an Olympian,’ I put out what I have been training and I could be proud of the hard work that was put in to get here and it came together in the moment.”
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