The South Korea recreation was the fifth time in lower than 40 hours that Mouat and Dodds had taken to the ice, however they confirmed no signal of relenting. And, similar to of their morning recreation, they cleaved open an early lead.

With out a win of their first three matches, the Koreans took the hammer – the suitable to throw final – however Britain stole three pictures within the first two ends to ascertain a bonus. It was one they might by no means relinquish.

“Jen and Bruce had been incredible once more,” mentioned BBC Sport pundit and 2022 Olympic silver medallist Vicky Wright. “They simply stored placing the strain on and there was no let up for Korea.”

Mouat has been calling himself all of the dangerous swears throughout three patchy opening video games amid the Dolomite mountains within the north of Italy, however one of many sport’s main lights lifted it on Friday.

And in Dodds, he has a associate who has been persistently excellent to this point.

Solely Sweden’s Isabella Wranaa had been statistically higher throughout the primary two days, however she was no match, and neither was Kim Seon-yeong of South Korea.

It was a brace of factors secured by Dodds that opened a 5-1 interval lead, and an extra three steals after Kim faltered put much more distance between the groups with two ends remaining.

At that stage, the result was inevitable. And when the Koreans may solely take one within the penultimate finish, fingers had been shaken and the outcome confirmed.

“5 out of 5 is de facto good going, however tomorrow is a extremely large day,” Wright added. “Canada have solely misplaced as soon as – to the USA – and the USA are undefeated.”