of the winter olympics after the men's curlers beat the united states to guarantee themselves at least silver, having qualified for saturday�*s final. skip bruce mouat steered his team to an 8—4 victory alongside grant hardie, bobby lammie and hammy mcmillan in what was a tight encounter. they will face sweden in the gold medal match on saturday morning. it's like the last two weeks, especially for myself i guess has been a bit of a roller coaster. so this is very special. i'm just so excited to be able to share the moment with the guys. that celebration at the end there was just pure elation, and i don't think i can sum it up any other way. this scottish skipper delivered the final stone in the end it to clinch a 9—4 win, team gb's place was confirmed as sweden beat south korea. a tearful kamila valieva, the russian skater, finished outside the medal places in herfinal event