BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner Beth Mead labelled her victory as a “stepping stone” for women’s football

After a fine start to day 12 for Team GB following success in the women’s curling and Billy Morgan’s big air final qualification, follow our bobsleigh girls in action later on as they look to make history.

Even the mention of curling in this country can draw looks of confusion and a shrug as if to suggest that it is an undertaking very much meant for elsewhere.