Eve Muirhead believes experience will be decisive and insists the pressure of being Team GB's best chance of a fifth Olympic medal will only inspire her.
The British skip – who made her Olympic debut as a teenager in 2010 – won bronze four years ago in Sochi and today leads her side against Sweden for a place in Sunday's gold-medal match.
Team GB officials need one more medal to achieve their pre-Games target and Muirhead, alongside Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Lauren Gray, look to be the only chance remaining.
“I’ve played three Olympics now, that experience is in the bank. I know I’ve been there and I know what it will feel like," she said.
"I know what it's like to lose an Olympic semi-final, that defeat in Sochi was the worst of my career and the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with.
“I do believe you learn more about yourselves in these situations and become stronger for it."
In contrast, Swedish skip Anna Hasselborg is making her Olympic debut here and she has history with Muirhead in recent months.
The Scot beat her to win bronze at last year’s World Championship and again to win the European title in December.
However, Hasselborg edged their encounter during the round-robin stages and is viewed as one of the sport’s rising stars.
It’s 16 years since Rhona Martin delivered the stone of destiny to win curling gold for Great Britain – a match an 11-year old Muirhead was allowed to stay up and watch in the early hours.
“We all know what Rhona did for the sport in 2002, she put it on the map and changed everything for the people that followed her,” added Muirhead.
“It’s not a burden, what she did led to the funding we receive and the facilities we get to train on. We may not be in this position if it wasn’t for her and, of course, we’d like to do our bit for the Olympians in the future.”
Can Eve Muirhead win Britain’s fifth medal? Watch her curling semi-final live on Eurosport 2 at 11am Friday. Don’t miss a moment of the Olympic Winter Games at Eurosport.co.uk and the Eurosport app
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