Day 12 was all about curling from a GB perspective as both teams played for the chance to reach the Olympic Final.
Eve Muirhead and her girls began the day with their semi-final against the unbeaten Canadians and had a bad start by losing three in the opening two ends but closed to 3-2 before going 5-2 down and blanking the next two ends. Muirhead managed to pull back to 5-4 going into the final end but the Canadians took the vital one in the tenth end to secure a place in the final and mean Team GB would have to face off against Switzerland for the bronze medal.
Despite the disappointing result, fans moved on to the men who faced off against Sweden who are the current world champions and got off to a good start with a one in the second end but lost two in the third to go behind they pulled back and led 3-2 at the halfway point. Both teams traded one in the next two ends but the tie turned in the penultimate end as Sweden took a two to go 5-4 up.
The final two stones of the match will go down in British Olympic history for different reasons, Sweden's Edin had a chance to limit GB to one but a huge mistake saw him takeout two of his own stones meaning Murdoch could win the match there and then and a superb spine-chilling shot saw his stone glide into the house to a roar as he secured the two and a place in the Olympic final.
Away from Ice Cube Arena, the men's giant slalom saw Ted Ligety take gold for America while a French 2-3 saw Steve Missilier take bronze and compatriot Alexis Pinturault take the bronze.
In the 4x6km relay, Norway took the gold with the silver going to the Czech Republic and the bronze to the Italians while in the women's bobsleigh the gold went to Canad with a double for the USA with silver and bronze.
The men's team sprint saw gold for Finland with the host nation taking the silver and Sweden taking the bronze medal while in the women's sprint, Norway took the gold with Finland taking silver and Sweden the bronze.
In the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom,Vic Wild (RUS) took the gold and the silver went to Nevin Galmarini (SWI) with Zan Kosir (SLO) securing the bronze. The women's event saw Patrizia Kummer (SWI) claim the gold with Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN) securing the silver and Alena Zavarzina (RUS) collecting the bronze.
The women's speed skating 5000m saw the Netherlands continue their medal haul in the arena with a 2-3 but the gold went to Czech skater Martina Sablikova with the silver going to Ireen Wust and the bronze to Carien Kleibeuker.
The medal table after day 12 is as follows...
Eve Muirhead and her girls began the day with their semi-final against the unbeaten Canadians and had a bad start by losing three in the opening two ends but closed to 3-2 before going 5-2 down and blanking the next two ends. Muirhead managed to pull back to 5-4 going into the final end but the Canadians took the vital one in the tenth end to secure a place in the final and mean Team GB would have to face off against Switzerland for the bronze medal.
Despite the disappointing result, fans moved on to the men who faced off against Sweden who are the current world champions and got off to a good start with a one in the second end but lost two in the third to go behind they pulled back and led 3-2 at the halfway point. Both teams traded one in the next two ends but the tie turned in the penultimate end as Sweden took a two to go 5-4 up.
The final two stones of the match will go down in British Olympic history for different reasons, Sweden's Edin had a chance to limit GB to one but a huge mistake saw him takeout two of his own stones meaning Murdoch could win the match there and then and a superb spine-chilling shot saw his stone glide into the house to a roar as he secured the two and a place in the Olympic final.
Away from Ice Cube Arena, the men's giant slalom saw Ted Ligety take gold for America while a French 2-3 saw Steve Missilier take bronze and compatriot Alexis Pinturault take the bronze.
In the 4x6km relay, Norway took the gold with the silver going to the Czech Republic and the bronze to the Italians while in the women's bobsleigh the gold went to Canad with a double for the USA with silver and bronze.
The men's team sprint saw gold for Finland with the host nation taking the silver and Sweden taking the bronze medal while in the women's sprint, Norway took the gold with Finland taking silver and Sweden the bronze.
In the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom,Vic Wild (RUS) took the gold and the silver went to Nevin Galmarini (SWI) with Zan Kosir (SLO) securing the bronze. The women's event saw Patrizia Kummer (SWI) claim the gold with Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN) securing the silver and Alena Zavarzina (RUS) collecting the bronze.
The women's speed skating 5000m saw the Netherlands continue their medal haul in the arena with a 2-3 but the gold went to Czech skater Martina Sablikova with the silver going to Ireen Wust and the bronze to Carien Kleibeuker.
The medal table after day 12 is as follows...
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 9 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 2 | Germany | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | United States | 7 | 5 | 11 | 23 |
| 4 | Russian Fed. | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 6 | 7 | 9 | 22 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Canada | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Poland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | France | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 11 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Austria | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | Sweden | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 16 | Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 17 | Japan | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 18 | Finland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Great Britain | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Italy | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| 22 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 23 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| =25 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| =25 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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