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