![]() However, there was always the concern she would never quite be the same. The injury had been gnawing away at her for years and the end of another Olympic cycle finally provided the chance to fix it. The prospect of a gold medal seemed miles away when Muirhead lay stiff in her hospital bed after surgery in 2018. Muirhead's curlers win GB's sole Olympic gold.She then battled back to fitness in her garage during lockdown but struggled for consistency, eventually securing Team GB their Olympic spot at the last minute, after leading her rink through a tense qualifier.Īnd it all proved worth it with GB's only gold of the Games. Since narrowly missing out on a medal in Pyeongchang four years ago, Muirhead finally had surgery on her ailing hip. Having scraped through the round-robin stages, then guaranteeing at least silver with an epic semi-final extra-end win over reigning champions Sweden, they thrashed Japan in the final.įor this Games, the 31-year-old has a new hip and a fresh team after a testing four years. Muirhead and her rink claimed that elusive medal in unforgettable style.
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