Women Curling Semi - Live

[sunny-dave]

On BBC1 now ... spoilers will follow

[Garaman]

Thanks, I forgot.

[steg]

Come on Scotland ... ;)

[sunny-dave]

The intensity of the unblinking stares ... quite extraordinary

[jim360]

Put it on, mute the TV, play Beethoven's 7th in the background -- perfect!

[steg]

I’ve got Motörhead playing the noo

[sunny-dave]

Primal Scream - Rocks Off ... :)

[sunny-dave]

Blank End 1 - still 0 = 0

[pixie374]

Not too sure about a curling semi....

[Garaman]

Still don't understand it fully. Why did the Swedes not just drop the last stone nearer the button?

[sunny-dave]

Glass of Semillon, Pixie?

[sunny-dave]

By blanking an end you retain ‘the hammer’ - so you slide the last stone in the next end - where you hope to get at least 2 points

[Garaman]

Ah, OK, thanks.

[sunny-dave]

Sweden take 2 in end 2 - 0 = 2

[sunny-dave]

Mistake by GB skip - forced to take just 1 point

GB 1 = 2 SWE

[EcclesCake]

Vaguely relevant, or not, but did I really hear on the radio this morning that a male curler has been disqualified for using performance enhancing drugs?

[aelmpvw]

yes eccles and he was russian ...

[sunny-dave]

End 4 - mistake by Sweden - just 1

GB 1 = 3 SWE

Yes Eccles - a Russian in the mixed I think - same drug as their tennis players used “by error” ... ahem

[sunny-dave]

Halftime - wonderful shot by Muirhead gives GB 2 in 5th end

All square 5 = 5

[sunny-dave]

Sorry - mistype

3 = 3

[Garaman]

Cracker under pressure.