Olympic champion Muirhead makes curling return with Lammie
Olympic gold medalist Eve Muirhead is returning to competitive curling after a four-year hiatus, partnering with Bobby Lammie for the Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship. The pair aims to build momentum toward the 2030 Winter Games.
Why it matters
Muirhead's return is a significant development in the curling world, given her status as a high-profile athlete and the competitive nature of the upcoming tournament.
When you've won Olympic gold, you don't enter subsequent events with anything other than winning them in your mind. Eve Muirhead knows that. But she also knows that this is her first curling competition in four years.
The 36-year-old makes her return on Thursday after revoking her retirement when she plays in the Scottish Mixed Doubles Championship in Aberdeen.
Muirhead will reprise her 2022 world title winning partnership with Bobby Lammie - himself a twice Olympic silver medallist - in what the duo hope will be the beginning of a four-year campaign that culminates in the Alpes 2030 Games.
They come into this domestic competition as the big-ticket pairing - having never lost a competitive game - but also as target for the rest of a stacked field.
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