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Bruce Mouat’s rink were unable to end a 102-year wait for a men’s Winter Olympic curling gold – and vanquish their own disappointment from 2022 – as Canada denied Team GB a fourth gold medal of this year’s Games.<\/b><\/p>\n

Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie – plus alternate Kyle Waddell – arrived in Cortina as world champions and favourites. <\/p>\n

They arrived believing this was their time. But they will leave as silver medallists for the second successive Olympics.<\/p>\n

Left bereft by defeat against Sweden in the final in Beijing four years ago, the Scottish quartet have come to dominate their sport since.<\/p>\n

The past 10 days in Italy have not been straightforward, though. <\/p>\n

They were on the brink of a shock early exit as recently as Thursday and, while they recovered to guarantee a medal, they did not get the one they really wanted as they lost 9-6. It was the second time the Canadians had beaten them in five days.<\/p>\n

“I’m a bit in shock. I think we felt like we were the better team. I don’t know what to say,” a tear-choked Mouat told BBC Sport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After the epic semi-final win over Switzerland on Thursday, Mouat referred to it as “our gold medal”. Presumptuous? Perhaps. But that belief was founded in fact.<\/p>\n

His rink have won two World Championships and a couple of European crowns as well as a record 12 Grand Slam titles since the last Games.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, they boast an excellent record against the Canadians and beat them in last year’s world semis. Jacobs’ time-served team did win the round-robin meeting earlier in the week but that was a rare reverse.<\/p>\n

In that contest, GB led after six ends before slipping to the 9-5 defeat that left them needing favours from other teams.<\/p>\n

It was the same this time, a fabulous Mouat double-takeout edging GB 5-4 ahead at that stage after a cagey opening half during which he and 2014 gold-medallist Brad Jacobs traded points.<\/p>\n

Canada – who have had a tumultuous time of it themselves here amid cheating claims – drew level after seven, but Britain had the advantage of the hammer in two of the final three ends.<\/p>\n

They could not make the most of that though.<\/p>\n

Just one in the eighth for GB gave Canada the sniff of an opportunity and that snatched it ruthlessly, capitalising on some slack stones in the ninth to lead 8-6 going into the last.<\/p>\n

Mouat had the hammer but he needed two to force an extra end. Could the man considered the best shot-maker in world come up with the goods in the biggest moment?<\/p>\n

He couldn’t. And for the second Olympics in a row, the GB rink were left with a medal that they did not want.<\/p>\n

“We wanted to win it for each other,” an emotional Hardie told BBC Sport. <\/p>\n

“The pain from four years ago was so much that we wanted to give it another go. We gave ourselves a chance but unfortunately we’ve not got there again.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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