DAVID Murdoch said the curling gods have finally been with him at these Olympics.

But when he whispered a prayer before yesterday's Olympic final he found they had suddenly disappeared.

The British skip and his youthful rink of Greg Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow and alternate Tom Brewster were totally outclassed by their Canadian rivals in Sochi.

Brad Jacobs' rink are dubbed the Buff Boys for their pumped up, aggressive style of play and yesterday they beat their rivals 9-3 with two ends to spare.

Murdoch made no attempt to hide his disappointment but would have almost certainly have taken a silver a few weeks ago, after his two previous appearances at these Games ended in such disappointment that he was questioning his future in the sport.

"It feels like a kick in the teeth right now but once we recovered I will look at what we've achieved and I'll certainly be very proud," said Murdoch ahead of tonight's medal ceremony.

"I've chased this medal for such a long time but it's always a strange feeling when you lose a final, it takes some time to get over the disappointment of not getting gold.

"However, if you look at the games we've won to make this final and how we've got the nation behind us, it's just really special.

"We've dedicated a lot of hard years work into this and made a lot of sacrifices and a silver medal is still super cool."

It was not the most one- sided Olympic curling final, the British rink beat France 46-6 to win back in 1924, but Jacobs totally dominated and never gave Murdoch a half sniff of a chance.

And he later revealed comments by British coach Soren Gran, in which he questioned the aggressive tactics of the Canadian team, had only fired him up to make a flying start.

"I don't think that was the right thing to say before a big final game like that," said Jacobs. "It gave us extra motivation for sure and I believe in karma."

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