SCOTLAND missed out on a medal at the Women’s World Curling Championship in Japan after losing to Russia in a bronze medal play-off yesterday.

Eve Muirhead’s team were beaten 13-4 and found themselves up against it from the outset as Anna Sidorova got the Russians off to a strong start by putting five points on the board in the first end. Switzerland beat Canada 5-3 to win gold.

Muirhead said: “It wasn’t even a bad first end. The five came out of nowhere and as soon as it happened we were chasing the game.

“It’s just not been our week. We haven’t been consistent enough, and that’s been the story of our year.”
Muirhead led Great Britain’s women’s team to a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.