GB curling misery continues with two more losses

The Great Britain wheelchair curling mixed team remain rooted to the foot of the table at the Winter Paralympics in Milan-Cortina with just one victory from eight round-robin games after defeats to China and Latvia on Wednesday.

The GB team’s slim hopes of a semi-final place had disappeared on Tuesday when their loss to Italy, combined with China’s victory over Latvia, meant they could not qualify for the knockout stage.

And although Great Britain played well in the first six ends against the Chinese, who are two-time defending champions, on Wednesday morning in Cortina, a dreadful seventh end saw their opponents steal three to go 9-4 ahead and bring an early end to proceedings.

After conceding four in the opening end on Wednesday night against Latvia, who had won two of their seven games, GB steadied the ship but were 5-4 down after four ends.

Despite getting into good positions, they were unable to execute the shots they wanted at key times and Latvia edged further ahead with three in the next two ends and held firm for an 8-5 success.