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I'm enjoying this right now on NBCSN.
They're currently showing the gold medal match if anyone is interested.
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So I've discovered that team Japan's coach is a Canadian, referred by Japanese social media as "handsome coach" . He had been an up and coming curling coach in Alberta for a while, then became a coach for Japan since Hokkaido (hometown to many successful curlers in Japan) and Alberta are sister towns. Japan wants not only to up their competitiveness on the international stage, but also to develop some depth, like in Canada with 15 comparable teams or so.
Good for Japan's bronze. I see shades of Kaori in them: extremely determined but they also looked like they enjoyed the game.
. He had been an up and coming curling coach in Alberta for a while, then became a coach for Japan since Hokkaido (hometown to many successful curlers in Japan) and Alberta are sister towns. Japan wants not only to up their competitiveness on the international stage, but also to develop some depth, like in Canada with 15 comparable teams or so. Good for Japan's bronze. I see shades of Kaori in them: extremely determined but they also looked like they enjoyed the game.
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BTW, I love all the memes of the U.S. Skip as Super Mario. Those make me giggle.
Congrats to the US on their first curling Gold. I hope the tv coverage curling got this Olympics continues to grow the sport.
Congrats to the US on their first curling Gold. I hope the tv coverage curling got this Olympics continues to grow the sport.
Within the course of this one match I learned curling. All of these years and I never truly learned the rules. The gold effect
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Just in case you wonder what I'm talking about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMPgGSCa8yE
Yup, I'd seen the memes. I was rooting for the Americans but was willing and able to console the Swedes after
Was it bad that I was low-key hoping that NBCSN would bring on the Swedes for an interview too?
They looked pissed on the medal stand--which only made them look hotter :dev2:
On a more serious note: I really enjoy this curling culture. It's part sport/part social occasion. It's nice to see some diversity in all of these sporting cultures. We're very used to the major sports in the U.S.
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Was it bad that I was low-key hoping that NBCSN would bring on the Swedes for an interview too?
They looked pissed on the medal stand--which only made them look hotter :dev2:
On a more serious note: I really enjoy this curling culture. It's part sport/part social occasion. It's nice to see some diversity in all of these sporting cultures. We're very used to the major sports in the U.S.
ETA: I'll just leave this here
LOL, they were interviewed on Swedish TV right now. They are very disappointed... 'if only we had handled this stone like that' etc...already talking about Beijing olympics... and the next after that.... All of them want to continue. So good luck in future!
Congrats to USA! Was their gold a BIG surprise?
Huge surprise. That was part of what made the story work: they were the Cinderella team. NBC kept telling us about how Shuster was kicked out of the program after a horrible performance in Sochi.
The fact like they all look like guys who hang out at a bar consistently only helps
Huge surprise. That was part of what made the story work: they were the Cinderella team. NBC kept telling us about how Shuster was kicked out of the program after a horrible performance in Sochi.
The fact like they all look like guys who hang out at a bar consistently only helps
Like: 'Is this really a sport? I can do that too'.
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Huge surprise. That was part of what made the story work: they were the Cinderella team. NBC kept telling us about how Shuster was kicked out of the program after a horrible performance in Sochi.
The fact like they all look like guys who hang out at a bar consistently only helps
Meh, John Morris and his partner looked pretty fit. Then again, he is a fire fighter
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Huge surprise. That was part of what made the story work: they were the Cinderella team. NBC kept telling us about how Shuster was kicked out of the program after a horrible performance in Sochi.
The fact like they all look like guys who hang out at a bar consistently only helps
They had actually been so far back (0-7 or something) they had to run the table and win every single match going forward, and they did. I would be like Nathan Chen coming in last in SP and then winning the Gold medal. Some hockey? player tweeted that none of them would ever have to buy a drink in Wisconsin ever again.
As far as hanging out drinking beer, they had the US curling team on for an interview and apparently it isn't unusual for both teams to have a beer after the match, no matter who wins. This may be the sport for me!
So the NY Times Magazine did a super cute piece about the Tampa Bay Curling Club, it really gave me insight on why people love the sport so much.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/30/magazine/winter-olympics-tampa-curling.html
I read this a few weeks ago and then seeing the sense of community during the OGM game really confirmed what was written in this article. And yeah, I like idea of post-match beers.
Also, it is cute that Jason Brown, ever the lover of Olympic sports, tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/jasonbskates/status/967335669386248192
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/30/magazine/winter-olympics-tampa-curling.html
I read this a few weeks ago and then seeing the sense of community during the OGM game really confirmed what was written in this article. And yeah, I like idea of post-match beers.
Also, it is cute that Jason Brown, ever the lover of Olympic sports, tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/jasonbskates/status/967335669386248192
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Asia took two of the medals, and China looks like a formidable foe as well, so it will take a lot of work for another Asian country to crack into the top level.
A little unfortunate that Japan's bronze only came about as a result of the GB skip's horrible final shot, but I'll take what I can get!
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ngl I feel bummed about South Korea's team getting the silver but damn...their story is ever so inspiring
let's go for gold in Beijing then!
let's go for gold in Beijing then!
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Best Olympic Medal picture ever!
Best Olympic Medal picture ever!
