Six of the best puts Team Mouat one win from top spot

Bruce Mouat has thanked Team GB's support staff for helping him bounce back from mixed doubles curling disappointment.

Mouat and Jennifer Dodds were world champions on arrival in Beijing but just lost out in their bronze medal match to Sweden last week.

Mouat admitted the defeat him hard but his men's rink have been an unstoppable force ever since.

They booked their last semi-final place yesterday and took their winning streak to six matches with a commanding 8-6 over the Russian Olympic Committee.

One more win, in their final round robin game against Canada on Thursday, and Team GB will top the standings - and get crucial final stone advantage in the knockout matches.

"I'm very happy with where I am right now both physically and mentally. It was pretty rough after the mixed doubles," said Mouat.

"I was pretty happy to have day off afterwards and I spent a fair bit of time speaking with our sports psychologist, I was pretty down and I didn't sleep much.

"They really helped me to refocus and regroup. They reminded me how much I loved curling and what it means to be playing at the Olympics and living my dream."

Mouat also paid special tribute to Grant Hardie, Bobby Lammie and Hammy McMillan Jr for keeping him grounded as they continued their impressive charge through the round robin matches.

"In curling all the attention gets paid to the skip but I only do 25 percent of the job," he added.

"The guys on this team are great curlers and even better friends and we're just loving being together.

"I don't feel any extra pressure, we're not thinking about being medallists, we've got a couple more games to win first.

"We'll be throwing everything at it to get Team GB that medal. We're just enjoying playing together and loving the experience."