Eve Muirhead’s Team GB women’s curling team overturned the odds to book a semi-final place at the Winter Olympics and keep their medal hopes alive.
Needing to beat Russia and for other results to go their way, they rose to the challenge with a 9-4 win then saw South Korea lose to Sweden.
That sets up a last-four clash with the Scandinavians and the prospect of a second bronze for Muirhead after her third place in Sochi eight years ago.
It means the men's side go into their semi-final later on Thursday in much-improved spirits, and Bruce Mouat has vowed to learn from his first last-four defeat.
Ten days ago, Mouat and Jen Dodds blew their medal chance when losing both mixed doubles semi-final and bronze shootout.
He has the chance to set the record straight at midday when his men’s team take on holders USA for a place in the final.
Mouat said: “I’m going to use the experience I got from playing last week and try and really focus on playing well and staying in the moment.
“I maybe got a wee bit ahead of myself last week. I’m really excited to see what we can do. The guys are playing well and I’m sure we will be able to do that.”
Mouat, Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan Jr beat Canada 5-2 in the final pool match to top the standings with eight wins from nine.
They now face the only team to beat them in the tournament and are confident of reversing the outcome.
“We’ve learned a lot about the ice in the last four or five days,” said Mouat. “We know what kind of throws we need to make the shots.
“I’m really confident we can come out and play better. Both physically and mentally I’m in a really good spot. I’ve recovered really well from the mixed doubles.”
Mouat did so with expert help, admitting: “I spent a fair bit of time speaking with our sports psychologist because I was pretty down and I didn’t sleep much.
“That really helped me refocus and regroup - reminding me how much I love curling and what it means to be playing at the Olympics and living my dream.”
Out on the slopes, the feel-good morning continued as teenage free skier Zoe Atkin qualified fourth for the final of the halfpipe.
The US-born 19-year-old is younger sister of Izzy Atkin, who won Britain’s first Olympic medal on skis four years ago.
“I was really nervous, you are even more nervous on qualifiers day than finals day,” said Atkin, who gave herself a shock when forgetting to set her alarm clock.
“I’ll set two tomorrow to make sure it doesn’t happen again.”
