Males’s curling silver medallist Bruce Mouat has been chosen to be Nice Britain’s flagbearer within the Beijing Winter Olympics closing ceremony.
Nice Britain males’s crew skip Mouat gained silver on Saturday together with Hammy McMillan, Bobby Lammie, Grant Hardie and alternate Ross Whyte, as his rink misplaced 5-4 to Sweden within the males’s curling closing.
“It’s an entire honour, I didn’t anticipate something like this coming into the Video games,” stated Mouat, forward of the ceremony which is scheduled to start out at noon UK time.
“Yesterday after I bought instructed, with all the emotion of the day, it simply fully overwhelmed me.
“I consider it’ll be the most important second of my life to hold that flag. I assumed the medal yesterday was going to be the spotlight of the Video games, however now it is going to be carrying that flag tonight.
“I’m in awe of the opposite athletes that we’ve had right here. It’s been superior to look at them compete.”
Earlier within the Video games Mouat and Jennifer Dodds missed out on a blended curling medal, having headed to Beijing as world champions.
Edinburgh-born Mouat, 27, has additionally competed in three males’s World Championships, 5 blended doubles World Championships and two European Championships.
Kaynak: briturkish.com
