The flashy pants of Norway are out of the Olympics, as Britain took a close decision with a tremendous shot.
Date: 18-Feb
Sport: Curling
Event: Men’s tiebreaker (winner goes to semifinals)
What happened: Norway started with the hammer, and they traded singles through the first four ends. Norway got two in the fifth, we got a couple of blanks, and Britain tied it in the eighth.
Norway’s Thomas Ulsrud couldn’t quite clear out the British rocks in the ninth and was limited to one. That gave Britain the hammer and a 5-4 deficit heading into the 10th.
Ulsrud’s team put several rocks in the house. After the skip’s last shot, Norway had two in scoring position.
So you’d think Britain would be forced to draw to the four-foot for one, sending the game to an extra end. Right? But David Murdoch is made of sterner stuff than that.
That’s right — he set off a dizzying chain reaction that removed Norway’s scoring rocks, left his existing rock in place and left his shooter close enough to score two.
Britain wins 6-5 and sets up a semifinal date with Sweden. Britain has both men and women in the semifinals, as do Sweden and Canada.
Duresport.com 