Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Canada wanted to blank that but didn't get it quite right.

Why? Because your aim when you've got the hammer is to score at least two.

So often, if you're not able to do that with your final stone, you are better "blanking" the end so you can keep the hammer for the next end, and try to score more than one next time.

Bruce Mouat removes the yellow stone, with two reds quite close together in the house.

There's a chance Canada could blank the end if Brad Jacobs gets it right - meaning nobody scores and Canada retain the hammer - but his final yellow stays in the house.

One to Canada and they lead at the halfway mark.

The two teams will have a break of about five minutes before play will resume.

Marc Kennedy's next stone does shift some granite about in the house, and the GB lads take a bit of time to discuss their next move.

Bruce Mouat taps out the sole yellow, leaving three British reds in the rings.

Brad Jacobs tries to take them all out in one go - very, very close, but not quite.

Canada might have to settle for one here.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

This sport is wild, if you think about it. We're expecting these boys to skid a 20kg rock around 40m down an ice sheet and stop it precisely where they want.

Their only aid is a couple of their pals with brushes to manipulate the pace and direction.

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Jackie Lockhart
Four-time Olympic curler on BBC Two

Full marks to Team GB for shot selection and stone placement at the moment.

Oh, a lovely shot from Grant Hardie to hit a Canadian yellow and slide in behind some protection.

GB lying two at the moment and Canada's Marc Kennedy will be trying to disturb things in the house with his next stone...

Plenty of weight behind it but he takes out the guard and that's all.

Some of the British lads are wearing some rascal socks, which peek out from underneath the trouser bottoms when they're sweeping.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

It's a small world, British curling.

Grant Hardie and Hammy McMillan are cousins. Hammy's dad went to the 1992 and 2002 Games.

Team-mate Bobby Lammie is from the Stranraer area in south west Scotland, too. He went to school with Vicky Wright, who won women's gold in 2022 and is part of the BBC's commentary team in Cortina.

She's married to Greg Drummond, the national team coach, and was introduced to the elite end of the sport by 2022 team-mate Jen Dodds.

Dodds was part of the women’s team here and came so close to a medal with Bruce Mouat in the mixed doubles. Those two have known each other since they were primary school age.

Steve Cram
Curling commentator on BBC Two

The match is tied for the first time. A couple of little mistakes from GB, but Canada did not capitalise fully.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Bruce Mouat saw the shot, took it on, and ensured his team took one. Onwards.

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Brad Jacobs slides another yellow into the four-foot ring.

Pressure on Bruce Mouat this time to deliver the right stone, take one and move on...

Nicely done.

All square again after four of the 10 ends.

Steve Cram
Curling commentator on BBC Two

Canada have already used about three more minutes of thinking time than Great Britain in this first half, but both teams still have plenty of time.

Each team gets 38 minutes of thinking time in the match, and the clock stops when they start the delivery of their stone.

Argh, Bruce Mouat's penultimate stone clips the front guard and leaves the two Canadian yellow stones in place in the house.

Danger time for GB.

Just the skips left to throw in the fourth end. GB will throw last.

Brad Jacobs of Canada draws in to leave Canada lying two, and it seems Bruce Mouat can't quite see enough of the front yellow to remove both in the same shot.

Jackie Lockhart
Four-time Olympic curler on BBC Two

Five stones have been played, we play the five rock rule; you can't hit any stones in the free guard zone, which is the white part after the green line but before the circle. You can't take anything out of there until five stones have been played.

Jackie Lockhart
Four-time Olympic curler on BBC Two

The guys tried really hard to get a good setup in end three, but Brett Gallant played an absolute stormer and he opened up the four-foot. [ring]. When you've got the hammer, that's what you're looking for.

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Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

That's that for heat three then. Teams from Australia, China, Italy, Austria and Chinese Taipei will not progress to heat four, which gets under way at 20:05 GMT.

The top five as things stand and therefore those in medal contention are:

1. Laura Nolte/Deborah Levi (Germany) - 2:51.19
2. Lisa Buckwitz/Neele Schuten (Germany) - 2:51.54
3. Kaillie Armbruster Humphries/Jasmine Jones (USA) - 2:51.73
4. Kim Kalicki/Talea Prepens (Germany) - 2:51.82
5. Kaysha Love/Azaria Hill (USA) - 2:52.12

Heat four will take place in reverse order with those in the medal positions going last.

Adele Nicoll’s super run has kept Team GB in the race and they will go off fifth in heat four.