18 February 2026
Great Britain remain in semi-final contention at Olympic Winter Games
With a contender for ‘shot of the championship’ by fourth player and vice-skip Rebecca Morrison, Great Britain beat United States of America by 8-7 in Wednesday morning’s tenth women’s round-robin session. They have now recorded their third win so far which as a result, keeps their semi-final hopes alive.
This game was tight all the way, with the lead changing hands six times in all. The Americans opened with a single in the first end to which Great Britain responded with their own single in the second, for a 1-1 scoreline. Great Britain then got the first break-through when, in the third end, American skip Tabitha Peterson’s take-out could not get inside the counting British stone, giving Great Britain a steal of one and a 2-1 lead.
The Americans levelled in the fourth and it was then their turn to steal one point in the fifth when Great Britain’s Morrison’s draw could not beat an American stone already in the house. This gave the Americans a 3-2 lead at the break.
In the sixth end, Great Britain’s Morrison drew her final stone into position to score two points, and re-take the lead at 4-3.
In the seventh end, the Americans had to work hard as a team to bring Peterson’s final draw into position, but they were rewarded with a score of three and a 6-4 lead.
The Americans then built on that lead with a single steal in the eighth end when Morrison’s raise take-out left an American stone counting. This improved the American lead to 7-4.
A draw inside two American stones sitting in the house from Morrison gave Great Britain two points from the ninth end, reducing the American lead to 7-6.
United States of America had hammer in the tenth when, under the most severe pressure, Morrison produced a spectacular angle double take-out off a winger to lie two. American’s Peterson then caught a front guard with her last take-out attempt, to give Great Britain a steal of two and the 8-7 win.
This third win for Great Britian still makes semi-final qualification possible, while, sitting on five wins, with one more game to play, the Americans are in a stronger position for qualification.
Afterwards, British skip Sophie Jackson said, “I’m absolutely buzzing. That’s probably up there with one of the best moments, best feelings in my career. It’s obviously only still the round-robin stage, but it was so crucial to make that shot and put America under pressure, so yeah, the best feeling in the world.”
Speaking about her game-winning shot, British fourth player Rebecca Morrison said, “I told myself, I was just thinking about technique things, because it’s easy when you’re playing a shot like that to think about the outcome, but I was just going through my processes, thinking about all my technique in the hack, then once it’s out your hand you can start thinking about the shot and calling the line. Yeah, you’ve just got to stick to your processes in those moments.”
More generally, Jackson added, “We know we’re still alive, so we’ll just come back tonight and keep focussing on ourselves. We need to get two more wins and we’ll see what happens.
“We’re having the best time out there. That’s what we came here to do, we said that at the start of the week. Just as long as we enjoy it and get the most from the experience, we’ll come away happy.”
Great Britain, currently lying seventh, now have two more games to complete their round-robin programme – against Japan and then Italy. The Americans, who sit in joint third with Korea, have only one game left, against Switzerland.
Republic of Korea faced already-qualified table toppers Sweden in this session, and started the game with a score of three in the first end, when their skip Gim Eunji played a raise take-out on the Swedish stone in scoring position.
The Koreans then had steals in the next three ends, taking one in the second end when a double take-out attempt by Swedish skip Anna Hasselborg left a Korean counter. In the third end, Hasselborg’s take-out attempt left two Korean stones in scoring positions, while in the fourth, another take-out attempt by Hasselborg again left two Korean stones counting, to give Republic of Korea an 8-0 lead after four ends.
Sweden finally got onto the scoreboard in the fifth, through a draw to the button by Hasselborg, meaning the Koreans led by 8-1 at the break.
It was now Sweden’s turn to force steals — in the sixth, they added one more when Gim’s hit rolled on too far. Sweden added another in the seventh, when a take-out attempt by Gim did not work out. Sweden then conceded, giving Korea an 8-3 win.
This fifth win puts the Koreans into joint third place along with United States of America, behind second-placed Switzerland and already-qualified leaders Sweden.
Afterwards, Korean skip Gim Eunji said, “We knew going into this game that it would be important for us. We had an early lead that boosted our confidence, and we’re just happy with the win.”
Talking about the steals her team carved out, she added, “With the three consecutive steals we were able to capture their misses and we were very happy with that.”
The Koreans close their round-robin with a game against Switzerland and about that, Gim said, “Obviously, we would like to win. It’s not like we’re going to play to win, we’re going to enjoy being on the ice, we’re going to have fun on the ice and I think that will eventually lead to a good result.”
In the third game of this session, Denmark faced People’s Republic of China.
Denmark dominated the early part of the game, opening with a score of two in the first end and then taking four points from the third when their skip Madeleine Dupont took out a Chinese stone, for a 6-1 lead.
People’s Republic of China fought back after this, and levelled the game at 6-6 in the seventh end through a single steal when Dupont’s hit-and-roll could not dislodge the Chinese counter.
The teams swapped singles in the next two ends for a 7-7 scoreline going into the final end. In the tenth, Denmark had last stone, but when Chinese skip Wang Rui came up short with her final draw, Dupont did not have to play as Denmark won by 8-7.
Denmark sit in sixth place on four wins, still looking to make the semi-finals with one game left to play — against Switzerland.
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