Muirhead comes out of retirement to chase another Winter Olympics gold
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- Eve Muirhead won gold as skip of Team GB's curling team at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics at age 32, then retired from competition
- Muirhead was appointed Chef de Mission for Team GB at the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics, becoming the youngest person to hold the role traditionally reserved for older administrators
- Muirhead is targeting mixed doubles gold at Alpes 2030 after winning women's team gold at Beijing but missing out on the mixed doubles discipline
- Bobby Lammie was Muirhead's mixed doubles partner when they won the World Championships together, though she was not selected for that event at Beijing 2022
- Serena Williams and Lindsey Vonn were cited by Muirhead as inspiration, both having returned to elite competition after retiring at the peak of their careers
- Muirhead relocated from Scotland to North West England after retiring and threw almost no curling stones in the 3.5 years that followed
Why it matters: At 36 by the 2030 Games, Muirhead's comeback targets the single Olympic discipline she never won — mixed doubles — after already claiming women's team gold at Beijing 2022 and serving as Team GB's youngest-ever Chef de Mission at Milano-Cortina 2026. Her return positions her as a visible case study in how elite sporting pathways accommodate athletes who step away for career or family reasons, particularly women.
