2026 Winter Olympics: Bruce Mowatt’s rink beats Sweden

Swedish jumper Eden is considered one of the greatest to ever play the sport, and is alive on the Olympic scene. But Mowat and his boys have had his number since Beijing and that painful defeat at the 2022 Games.

These two rinks are arguably the best rinks in the competition, and the Canadians, Italians and Swiss are also likely in the medal conversation, and this was a quality competition.

However, Mowat, Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammy and Grant Hardie won the hammer – the right to finally bowl and, in theory, control the game – and it was dictated from now on.

Eden failed to execute a high-profile double takedown in the first end, allowing Mowat to claim two points and establish a lead that Circuit GB would maintain throughout.

The disappearance became the subject of the celebrated Swedish jumper, with the 40-year-old repeatedly failing to ask the questions posed by Mowat. As a result, the British team took a 4-1 lead midway through the first half, then took the advantage 6-2 with three goals remaining.

Sweden needed something big, but could only find something small. They were limited to one out in the eighth and Eden decided he’d had enough, pitching his hand to Mowatt and ending this contest with a two-run lead.

“Everyone keeps reminding us that they beat us in Beijing, so we had that motivation,” Hardy told BBC Sport. “They had an off day and we took advantage of that.

“We were relentless — we were all near the top of our games — and made them play shots they didn’t want to play.”