Great Britain are skippered by 19-year-old Eve Muirhead (centre)The British women's curling team made a great start to their Olympic campaign with victory over world champions China in their opening round robin encounter.
Britain took a two-point lead after an error by the Chinese skip in the fifth end but China squared it at 4-4 in the last to take the match into a decider.
Team GB edged a tight final end to clinch a 5-4 win on the final stone.
The British side, captained by 19-year-old Eve Muirhead, are looking to emulate the Olympic success of 2002.
A happy Muirhead said: "It was crucial for us to get off to a strong start, because if you don't these games can come back to haunt you at the end of the week so I am delighted with that and can move on to Sweden.
"We were in control from the start and although China got a two in the 10th end which brought them back into the game we knew we were going into the extra end with hammer."
The GB women still have nine round robin matches left, starting against defending champions Sweden at 0300 GMT on Thursday.
Muirhead said she was impressed with the atmosphere at Vancouver Olympic Centre adding: "The whole place is buzzing. I won here at the World Juniors last year so hopefully we can take every game as it comes and keep winning."
The British men team meet France at 2200 GMT as they look to atone for yesterday's 6-4 defeat by European champions Sweden.
The top four teams after the round robin stage advance to the semi-finals.
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