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Team GB Curlers Open Milano Cortina With Norway Rematch in Mixed Doubles

Former world champions Bruce Mouat with Jennifer Dodds seek redemption in a mixed doubles opener that starts their compressed Olympic schedule.

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Curling - Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 1 - Great Britain vs Norway - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 04, 2026. Jennifer Dodds of Britain and Bruce Mouat of Britain in action REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Curling - Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 1 - Britain vs Norway - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 04, 2026. Jennifer Dodds of Britain in action REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Curling - Mixed Doubles Round Robin Session 1 - Great Britain vs Norway - Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 04, 2026. Bruce Mouat of Britain reacts REUTERS/Jennifer Lorenzini
2022 Beijing Olympics - Curling - Victory Ceremony - Curling Mixed Doubles MD Gold Medal - National Aquatics Center, Beijing, China - February 8, 2022. Gold medallists Stefania Constantini of Italy and Amos Mosaner of Italy celebrate. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Overview

  • Mouat and Dodds begin their campaign at 18:00 GMT Wednesday in Cortina, with the match live on BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.
  • Their first-round opponent is Norway’s Magnus Nedregotten and Kristin Skaslien, a repeat of the 2022 semi-final that Britain led before missing a medal.
  • Mixed doubles starts two days before the opening ceremony, features a nine-game round robin, and has its final on day four, tightening recovery for those also in team events.
  • Eve Muirhead, now Team GB chef de mission, highlights Team Mouat’s world No. 1 form yet declines to guarantee medals.
  • Dodds is the lone returnee from Britain’s 2022 women’s gold team, joining skip Rebecca Morrison alongside Sophie Jackson, Sophie Sinclair and alternate Fay Henderson to guide a largely first-time quartet.