Women's Curling Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Beijing 2022

[NearPup 3,072]

5 hours ago, De_Gambassi said:

Bloody hell  I believe we have less than 100 curlers here 

Ya the point is it’s not arrogance to expect our teams to do well. It’s just the way the system is set up we have like 15 teams in the top 30 in the world, which is not helpful in events like the Olympics where you can only send one team.

[De_Gambassi 1,225]

37 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Ya the point is it’s not arrogance to expect our teams to do well. It’s just the way the system is set up we have like 15 teams in the top 30 in the world, which is not helpful in events like the Olympics where you can only send one team.

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. Actually, it's quite common for countries with the biggest player base in a sport not to be as dominant as expected. The more players you have, the worst your ressources will be spent.

 

Obv, with such an adantage, Canada should do much better anyway.

[NearPup 3,072]

1 minute ago, De_Gambassi said:

Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien. Actually, it's quite common for countries with the biggest player base in a sport not to be as dominant as expected. The more players you have, the worst your ressources will be spent.

 

Obv, with such an adantage, Canada should do much better anyway.

Canada basically doesn’t have a high performance program in curling at all. The expectation is basically that it will just sort itself out.

[JoshMartini007 2,547]

Yeah, you can almost consider each rink/club to be its own thing with little mixing. Top players are starting to move around in an attempt to create super teams, but a lot of those moves are done at the rink/club level (as in "over a beer") instead of a national director trying to form teams.

[Swewi 389]

1 hour ago, JoshMartini007 said:

Yeah, you can almost consider each rink/club to be its own thing with little mixing. Top players are starting to move around in an attempt to create super teams, but a lot of those moves are done at the rink/club level (as in "over a beer") instead of a national director trying to form teams.

All Swedish teams are also created by the players themselves

[Monzanator 4,525]

leads 4-0 after the first end

[Belle 977]

[Grassmarket 3,448]

24 minutes ago, Belle said:

Not for long.   

[Grassmarket 3,448]

It’s like a Rocky movie out there 7-7 after 7.

[Swewi 389]

Fun fact in the semi final is that the girlfriend of GBs Swedish coach is the Swedish alternate