Team GB guaranteed their first medal in 2022 Winter Olympics

Great Britain's men's curlers are guaranteed a medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics after winning their semi-final against the United States.

Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan beat USA 8-4 in the semi-final

Team GB will face Sweden in the final at 06:05 GMT on Saturday.

Today's victory means ends fears that Team GB might finish without a medal for the first time since 1992.

Fighting back from a nightmare start in which they conceded two with the 'hammer' in the first end, they led by a point at the halfway stage.

The Americans blanked three consecutive ends as they sought a bigger return for their last stone advantage, but were forced to give one away in the ninth.

Armed with a 6-4 lead going into the final end, Mouat's team retained control, and when US skip John Shuster's final attempted take-out went awry, the Britons' advance was secured.

Women's curling team also in a semi-final

Great Britain women also squeezed through to the semi-finals after polishing off a 9-4 win over Russia in their final group match.

Eve Muirhead's team needed to win and hope two other results went their way in order to secure progression to the last four.

Wins for Sweden and Canada took the last two places down to the draw-shot challenge - an average of the accuracy of each team's last stone draw in every match - and saw the Britons secure third place ahead of Japan, with Canada eliminated.

It means Muirhead's team will face second-placed Sweden in the semi-finals on Friday.

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