Team GB’s curlers ponder 2030 Olympics return

Team GB’s silver medal-winning curling team say they would “love” to go for gold at the 2030 Winter Olympics in France but will “sit down in the summer” before making a decision.

Bruce Mouat, Grant Hardie, Hammy McMillan and Bobby Lammie, plus alternate Kyle Waddell, arrived in Italy for this year’s Games as world champions and favourites, but were beaten by Canada in a tight encounter that ended 9-6.

It was the rink’s second runners-up medal following a loss to Sweden in China four years ago.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, McMillan said competitors in elite sport were “getting younger” but added: “I’m not going to say no. I’d love to be there again in 2030 to try to get that one medal we don’t have.

“Me and Grant are the two oldest in the team at 33 right now, so we’d be 37, which in terms of being a sports person is quite old, but for curling maybe not.”

In a separate interview with BBC Breakfast, Hardie explained: “I think that’s why myself and Hammy were quite emotional on the podium. At the age of 33, you don’t know if you’ll get to another Olympics.

“One was a dream, two was even better. Two medals from two is amazing.

“I think we’ll sit down in the summer and see what the next four years looks like.”