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British Gold Medal-Winning Curling Team Swap Olympic Tracksuits for Dazzling New Apparels After Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

Published 02/27/2022, 10:30 AM EST

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The only gold medal Great Britain won at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 was in the women’s curling event. While they won a silver medal in the men’s curling, the 31-year-old curler Eve Muirhead led Great Britain women’s curling team to a 10-3 victory against Japan in the finals. The Great Britain Team won only these two medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022

It was a very special moment for the team as they’ve won an Olympic gold medal in curling after 20 years. The five-membered curling team was led by Eve Muirhead, and the rest of the members included Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds, and Hailey Duff, plus alternate Mili Smith.

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Beijing Winter Olympic champions got rid of their tracksuits

After bringing home the gold from the Olympics, the British curling team lose their sports tracksuits and dressed as glamorous young ladies as they are for the post winning photoshoot. Their golden dresses would certainly match perfectly with their gold medals. The team member, Hailey Duff, said jokingly, “I almost didn’t recognize them,” while the skipper Eve Muirhead said, “it’s been so long since I wore heels I can’t remember how. And I don’t miss it at all.”

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Well, the team is certainly enjoying all the perks of their Olympic victory. Interviews, photoshoots and a congratulation from the Queen, this is their life now post Olympics. On their photoshoot for a magazine, the 21-year-old Mili Smith said, “I’ve never done anything like that before. Why would you? But it was fun.”

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Finally, a gold in her fourth Olympic for Eve Muirhead

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The 31-year-old British curler Eve Muirhead is a remarkable player. Before Beijing Winter Games, she has been a part of the two Olympic curling semifinals. However, her moment of glory came in 2022. Her journey to the gold medal was not easy right from the qualification she had to bring her A-game forward in every single match. This moment of victory was special for her and her team in so many ways.

The Olympic champion, Eve, said, “It is a dream come true for myself, and for the rest of the girls. It is a moment I have wanted for so many years. The two [Olympic] semi-finals I lost were hard but I bounced back and it is such a special moment.”

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All the hard work and dedication finally paid off for the champion ladies who are an incredible inspiration for all.

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Saurav Panwar is a US Sports writer at EssentiallySports. A postgraduate in Media and Communication Studies, he shares a profound love for creative direction and filmmaking. Saurav is also an avid reader and a literature devotee whose fandom spreads from classics to sci-fi, non-fiction, plays, comics, and much more.
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