Britain's women win curling bronze

Britain's women won curling bronze to ensure Team GB will equal their best medal haul at a Winter Olympics. Eve Muirhead secured a 6-5 victory over Switzerland with the last stone of the bronze medal play-off in Sochi. Continue reading the main story “For British winter sport we are witnessing history in the making ” Liz Nicholl UK Sport chief executive "We knew we had to step it up and we did. The girls were fantastic," Muirhead told BBC Sport. GB's men face Cana for gold at 13:30 GMT on Friday and their guaranteed medal makes GB's haul of four their best at a Winter Games since 1924. Lizzy Yarnold's gold in the skeleton and the bronze for Jenny Jones in the snowboard slopestyle are the other British medallists at Sochi 2014. Britain last won four medals in Chamonix, France, at the inaugural Winter Olympics 90 years ago. The medal was also Britain's first women's Olympic curling medal since Rhona Martin's gold in 2002. Liz Nicholl, chief executive of UK Sport, said: "For them it is due reward for the years of training and preparation they have put in, but for British winter sport we are witnessing history in the making. "There's been a record investment of National Lottery and Government funding into British winter sports, and now we have a historic medal haul." Muirhead was unaware of the significance of the medal until after the play-off. "I'm glad no-one told me that before," she said. "What a fantastic Olympics for Great Britain. To hear that stone made it one of the most successful for Team GB will make that stone stay with me for a lot longer."