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Great Britain curling team 'optimistic'

Great Britain's curling third Greg Drummond has said that he is "pretty optimistic" about their chances of picking up a medal in Sochi.

Great Britain's curling team have said that they are "pretty optimistic" about their chances of securing the gold medal in Sochi.

Team GB's first qualifying match is against the hosts, Russia, on Monday, but curling third Greg Drummond has said that he is confident.

"We are pretty optimistic about our chances," Drummond told reporters.

"We are trying to treat it like any other event and just prepare before each game in exactly the same way.

"I know it is the Olympics but we have been to a lot of World and European Championships and if we can prepare in exactly the same way it will be good."

Team skip David Murdoch has also paid tribute to the conditions in the arena after a practice session.

"It is actually close to game conditions in practice which is fantastic. We have come off the ice thinking it is looking good," he said.

Canada are the defending Olympic champions.

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