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From beijing, laura scott reports. commentator: the handshakes come. it's a gold medal. finally... great britain have won the olympic title. ..a sweeping sweet success to give a golden glint to these games. it is curling gold. homing in on her target with an ice—cool stare, britain's skip was off. it can turn a little bit more, it needs to turn a little more, and she has done it. two on the board. the best of starts for great britain. team japan are known as curling's smiling assassins, but they were not smiling for long. their hope slid away in a moment that was all about eve. she just need...

Finally went to team gb. it came in the women's curling, led by skip eve muirhead, along with vicky wright, jen dodds and hailey duff, and mili smith beating the japan team 10—3 in the final. elsewhere on the final day, finland won their first olympic men's ice hockey gold with victory over the russian olympic committee. they beat the defending champions 2—1 to claim the last medal of the games. it rounds off an unbeaten run in the competition for finland, who have won a medal in the discipline in five of the past seven olympics. so, after 19 days of competition, norway top the medal table...

Extended their lead to a massive 10—3, enough was enough. that's it! and so, a team which onlyjust squeaked into the semifinals were now 0lympic champions. for muirhead, at herfourth games, it was particularly sweet. it is a dream come true for myself and for the rest of the girls as well. it has been a journey to get here. we are olympic champions and, yeah, what a five we are. it is such a special, special moment. gets himself forward... oh, no, and they've - crashed, they've crashed! aside from their two medals in the curling, though, the truth is britain have struggled here. their target...

It was now only a matter of time before gold was in their grasp. and then it came — their shot at gold. eve muirhead has played yet another wonderful stone. great britain lead 10—3. and that's it! talk about saving the best until last. a long—awaited gold for team gb on the final day of the games, and britain's first olympic curling triumph in 20 years. to get the chance to play in the final was really special. but to go and win the final isjust... it's phenomenal, like it's kind of... i cannot put it in words just yet because i don't think it has sunk in. maybe it will do soon. this vic...

Yeah, what a five we are. it is such a special, special moment. gets himself forward... oh, no, and they've - crashed, they've crashed! aside from their two medals in the curling, though, the truth is britain have struggled here. their target was between three and seven medals and they failed to reach it. and he's crashed! there are definitely athletes and teams going home disappointed, you know, we are not going to hide away from that. it would have been nice to have achieved some medals on the snow and also on the skeleton and bobsleigh. so we will go home and we will make sure we review tha...