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Team GB's women's curling team have claimed bronze at the Sochi Winter Olympics following a 6-5 win over Switzerland.
Skip Eve Muirhead soaked up the pressure and landed her final stone on the bottom of the target to clinch victory.
Muirhead's all-Scottish rink shrugged off the disappointment of their semi-final defeat to Canada on Wednesday to secure the medal that at least equals GB's best-ever Winter Olympic medal haul of 1924 - four - with a gold or silver to come from the men's curling final against Canada on Friday.
It was the first Olympic medal for British women curlers since their coach Rhona Howie - then Rhona Martin - skipped GB to gold at Salt Lake City in 2002 and they had to come from behind to do it, not forging ahead until the eighth end.
Muirhead's team took some time to get into their stride at the Ice Cube Curling Center.
After a blanked first end, Mirjam Ott's team took a two in the second to put GB on the back foot.
A double take-out in the third end by Switzerland ultimately led to Muirhead having to take just one point before passing the hammer - the last shot of each end which is normally decisive - over to Ott.
Team GB women's curling
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: (L-R) Eve Muirhead and Vicki Adams of Great Britain celebrate as they win the bronze medal during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain celebrates as Team GB win the bronze medal with the final stone during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: (L-R) Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan and Claire Hamilton of Great Britain celebrate as they win the bronze medal during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: (L-R) Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Claire Hamilton of Great Britain celebrate as they win the bronze medal during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain (R) shows her emotions as she celebrates with Anna Sloan as Team GB win the bronze medal during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Anna Sloan of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Mirjam Ott of Switzerland in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain looks on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead (L) and Anna Sloan of Great Britain look on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain looks on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead (R) and Anna Sloan of Great Britain look on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain looks on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Anna Sloan of Great Britain looks on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain looks on during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain (C) plays a stone as Claire Hamilton (L) and Vicki Adams (R) assist during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Eve Muirhead of Great Britain reacts during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Anna Sloan of Great Britain (R) plays a stone during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Claire Hamilton (L) and Vicki Adams (R) of Great Britain in action during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Team Great Britain gather during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Team Great Britain gather during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Anna Sloan throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Vicki Adams of Great Britain (C) plays a stone as Claire Hamilton (L) and Anna Sloan (R) assist during the Bronze medal match between Switzerland and Great Britain on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Anna Sloan throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Anna Sloan throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Eve Muirhead throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Eve Muirhead throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Eve Muirhead throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Eve Muirhead throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
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Great Britain's Eve Muirhead throws the stone during the Women's Curling Bronze Medal Game between Great Britain and Switzerland at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)
Another great double take-out, this time from Muirhead with her first shot in the fifth end, allowed GB to go into the interval level at 3-3.
Switzerland edged ahead again 4-3 and Muirhead blanked the seventh to get another chance with hammer to go for two points to get in front for the first time in the game which they did, but only after a measurement was used to confirm one of the British stones was indeed closer to the centre than the nearest one from Switzerland.
GB went into the 10th end level but importantly with hammer which, in the end, provided Muirhead the opportunity to roll up the final stone with some ease to claim the historic victory.