ByRichard WintonBBC Sport in Cortina<\/p>\n
Team GB's women's curlers' slim hopes of reaching the Winter Olympics semi-finals remain alive after they stole two shots in an incredible final-end victory over the United States. <\/p>\n
The Scottish quartet need to win their final three games and hope for favours elsewhere if they are to salvage a place in the medal matches.<\/p>\n
And they have cleared the first hurdle in extraordinary scenes in Cortina.<\/p>\n
Trailing 7-6 going into the final end, they were without the hammer and looked set to suffer a decisive defeat after a haphazard performance.<\/p>\n
However, Rebecca Morrison executed a sensational double takeout with her final throw to put pressure on the final US stone and the Americans faltered, botching their effort to hand the British rink an implausible 8-7 triumph.<\/p>\n
"There was a lot at stake but we just need to keep believing," Morrison told BBC Sport. "We were up against it but we're here to fight and that's what we did."<\/p>\n
Team GB head into another must-win meeting with bottom-of-the-table Japan later on Wednesday (18:05 GMT) before facing second-bottom Italy on Thursday (13:05).<\/p>\n
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The inexperienced rink – with only Jen Dodds surviving from the 2022 gold-medal winning team – finished sixth in last year's World Championships and were some way short of their best again against the Americans, with opportunities missed and mistakes made.<\/p>\n
A steal in the third end hinted that November's European silver medallists could get the win they needed, but the US wrested back control to lead at the break.<\/p>\n
A double in the sixth edged GB in front again, but the concession of three in the following end gave the Americans a lead that looked insurmountable until Morrison's late intervention gave them a lifeline. <\/p>\n
"Once it came out of Becca's hand I knew it was close and you see the thrill it gave us," said skip Sophie Jackson. <\/p>\n
"Our performance was up and down but we'll be back tonight."<\/p>\n
Before then, Britain's men will return to the ice in a similarly perilous situation. <\/p>\n
The world champions must beat the US on Wednesday (13:05) and hope either Italy or Norway lose both their final two if they are to make the medal matches.<\/p>\n
Winter Olympics 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n 6-22 February<\/p>\n Milan-Cortina<\/p>\n Watch on iPlayer<\/a>Listen on Sounds<\/a><\/p>\n Watch two live streams and highlights on BBC iPlayer (UK only), updates on BBC Radio 5 Live and live text commentary and video highlights on the BBC Sport website and app. <\/p>\n Full coverage guide<\/a><\/p>\n Staggering late win keeps alive GB semi-final hopesImage source, ReutersImage caption, Rebecca Morrison's rink have won three of their seven matches so farByRichard WintonBBC Sport in CortinaPubl…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":8357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-decor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp1.niviyo.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Related topics<\/h2>\n
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