[ritchiebaby]

A bit of a disaster for the GB Men this morning, losing 5 shots in the 9th end to Switzerland, leaving a deficit of 5-9. They started the 10th end but ran out of scoring stones and conceded. The fateful end started off reasonably well but they got into a right old guddle, allowing the Swiss to take control of the end and play an excellent last stone for the 5. The win didn't do too much for the Swiss who were well beaten by Sweden in the Semi-final by 3-9 after 8 ends. The other Semi-final between Canada and USA was a tense affair, with the Americans winning 5-3. Yet another last stone draw, this time by Canada, was yards short to hand the USA 2 shots against the hammer and allowed USA to dominate the last end. The Bronze Medal game between Switzerland and Canada is tomorrow at 06.35 and the Gold Medal game between Sweden and USA will be at the same time on Saturday.

The GB Women will play Sweden at 11.05 tomorrow morning with the winners advancing to the Gold Medal match at 00.05 on Sunday against the winners of Korea v Japan. The 2 losers will play off for the Bronze Medal at 11.05 on Saturday.

Dave Ryding finished 9th in the Men's Slalom, only half a second behind the Bronze Medallist. Laurie Taylor was 26th.

Emily Sarsfield finished in 22nd position in the Seeding Run over 5 seconds behind the leading time and has qualified to race in 1/8 Final Run 6 tomorrow at 01.20.