Team Mouat eye third Olympics - but without Hardie

Team Mouat eye third Olympics - but without HardieTo play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.This video can not be playedFigure caption, Emotional Grant Hardie and Bruce Mouat as GB miss out on gold againByRichard WintonBBC Sport ScotlandPublished9 minutes agoThree members of Team Mouat have signed on to try to win an elusive Olympic curling gold medal together after consecutive silvers - but Grant Hardie has opted to leave the world's leading rink after nine hugely-successful years as a quartet.It had been thought that Hardie, 34, might step away from the sport to pursue a career in engineering after losing a second Olympic final in Italy in February.However, he has decided to continue as a full-time curler and will instead skip his own rink - Team Hardie - along with April's world bronze medallists, Ross Whyte and Euan Kyle, plus Craig Waddell.Robin Brydone - who also won global bronze in the United States this year - will replace Hardie as the third in Team Mouat."Obviously, it was a really difficult decision," Hardie told BBC Sport Scotland. "But I felt, if I was going to carry on, I needed something different, a challenge to get my teeth into and keep me motivated."Playing third to Bruce [Mouat] for the last nine years has been amazing, but skipping is always something that's been a goal of mine, so I'm going to do that."Not the medal they wanted - but GB curlers bring spotlight to sportPublished22 FebruaryWhat do curlers do when they're not at the Olympics?Published18 FebruaryHow Team GB is leading the way in curling's arms racePublished11 February'There were a few tears'Hardie leaves with two Olympic silvers, two World Championships and a couple of European crowns, as well as a record 12 Grand Slam titles. And with memories and bonds to last a lifetime.Several emotional chats with team-mates Mouat, Bobby Lammie and cousin Hammy McMillan have presaged this announcement, with...