Who are Great Britain curling mixed doubles partners Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds? Childhood friends aiming for gold
SCOTTISH curlers Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds are battling it out for medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Mouat, 27, and Dodds, 30, have been starring in China's capital with the mixed doubles kicking off the event. The women's and men's curling events follow.
Moaut and Dodds are the current curling mixed doubles world champions, after beating Norway in the final in Aberdeen last May.
Who are Great Britain's mixed doubles partners Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds?
In addition to being mixed doubles partners in curling, Bruce Mouat and Jennifer Dodds are childhood friends.
The pair have known each other for nearly two decades after meeting on the Edinburg rink.
Mouat, 27, came out to his team at junior level, and says curling offers a very supportive space for gay athletes.
He told the BBC: "The curling community has always been very supportive. I've never had any issues with anyone.
"It didn't matter that I was maybe a wee bit different to the other guys I was playing with and against. We're all just athletes at the end of the day trying to compete for the same thing, regardless of sexuality and who we want to spend our lives with."
Dodds worked as an office assistant before becoming a full-time curler and currently plays second on Eve Muirhead's team.
The Edinburgh curler Dodds has secured three world curling championship medals, including two golds and a silver.
