Team GB curling hero Mouat ready to rock Winter Olympics after getting kit off

CURLING king Bruce Mouat heads to Beijing after a time-honoured custom… of getting his package off.

Mouat, 27, can be concerned within the first day of motion of those Winter Olympics as he begins the inaugural blended doubles occasion with Jennifer Dodds tomorrow.

The Brits will tackle Sweden within the first match on the Ice Dice – scene of the swimming for the 2008 Beijing summer season Video games.

Mouat can be busy throughout the occasion as he will even skipper the lads’s crew containing Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie, Hammy McMillan and Ross Whyte.

Yearly since 2011, worldwide curlers will pose topless or bare for calendars, that are then offered to lift cash for charity.

The 2022 model prices £15 – proceeds will go to the Prostate Most cancers UK – and Staff Mouat selected a quiet golf course for his or her photoshoot.

Mouat defined: “The calendar comes out yearly. It’s only a little bit of enjoyable for the curling neighborhood.

“I used to be truly part of it in 2020 and I raised cash for Alzheimer Scotland. This 12 months we’re elevating cash for Prostate most cancers.

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“We had been standing in our boxers and made positive no golfers had been there simply in case.

“We didn’t do the boxer shoot on the ice rink – that may have been too chilly.

“None of my mates have seen it but. They noticed my one from two years in the past which lots of them had been shocked at.

“Even members of the family had been like: ‘Am I allowed to hold this on my wall?!’

“It’s a little bit of enjoyable and we’re elevating cash for a very good trigger.”

It’s 20 years since Scotswoman Rhona Martin gained gold for Staff GB together with her memorable Stone of Future – a well-known event that inspired a seven-year-old Mouat to attempt the curling rink.

In Mouat’s nook can be head coach David Murdoch – the Olympic silver medallist from Sochi 2014 – and analytics are an enormous a part of the game today.

Imagine it or not however the prime guys will pour over knowledge and stats to achieve an edge on the world’s stage.

Mouat is among the greatest curlers on the planet, and gained the world blended doubles championship with Dodds in Aberdeen final Might.

The boys’s crew additionally gained silver on the 2021 World Championship in Calgary – they misplaced to Sweden within the last – to point out they’ve pedigree to compete on the highest stage.

Mouat stated: “The actual fact we’ve had success on the worldwide stage over the past two years offers us lots of confidence.

“Individuals at all times remind me that the Olympics are one thing completely different.

“However for me and the blokes, we’ve been to a European Championships for the primary time and gained the gold. We went to a World Championship for the primary time and we gained a medal.

“So it’s not unrealistic for us to take a look at going to an Olympics and successful a medal. We’re in an excellent spot. Me and Jen have carried out fairly effectively these previous few months.”

The Edinburgh sweeper is aware of all concerning the pitfalls of fame even in a distinct segment sport like curling.

Randomly somebody unknown arrange a Twitter account known as ‘Bruce Mouat’s Hat’, which solely has a couple of hundred followers, after he donned headwear for competitors.

Mouat stated: “It’s as a result of I wore a cap throughout one of many occasions.

“It has over 350-odd followers – which is much more than I believed would ever care about my hat.”