Women's Curling Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018

[Dunadan 1,103]

15 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

if that's the only point, it's all clear and simple...so, still I don't understand all the rest of the following dispute, though...

If I understand correctly, the rules say that the Danish team could: a) remove the Italian stone or b) "place  all  stones  where  it  reasonably  considers  the  stones  would have  come  to  rest  had  the  moving  stone  not  been  touched".

So in my opinion the Italians wanted them to "play fair" and choose option b. 

But of course no one cares about fair play.

[phelps 7,677]

4 hours ago, Dunadan said:

If I understand correctly, the rules say that the Danish team could: a) remove the Italian stone or b) "place  all  stones  where  it  reasonably  considers  the  stones  would have  come  to  rest  had  the  moving  stone  not  been  touched".

So in my opinion the Italians wanted them to "play fair" and choose option b. 

But of course no one cares about fair play.

 

OK...but if that's up to DEN to decide, it's not lack of fair play choosing the most favorable option...

it's just an unforgivable Italian mistake, which they paid the highest prize for...

then we can talk about the rules, which should be different (it was clear that no stone was influenced by that minimal super-light and not intentional touch, so in this case DEN shouldn't have been allowed to opt for such a big turnaround of the real facts)...

but until the rules say that, the players have full right to take advantage of them...any further complaint is totally out of order...

[NearPup 3,051]

38 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

OK...but if that's up to DEN to decide, it's not lack of fair play choosing the most favorable option...

it's just an unforgivable Italian mistake, which they paid the highest prize for...

then we can talk about the rules, which should be different (it was clear that no stone was influenced by that minimal super-light and not intentional touch, so in this case DEN shouldn't have been allowed to opt for such a big turnaround of the real facts)...

but until the rules say that, the players have full right to take advantage of them...any further complaint is totally out of order...

The way the rules are written curling is very punishing of burned stones and hog line violations. I honestly kind of like it that way, because since the rules are so harsh players are very good at avoiding those situations and they very, very rarely come up.

 

It's very unfortunate it influenced Olympic qualification, but at that level you should just not be burning a stone.

[Agger 1,663]

30 minutes ago, phelps said:

 

OK...but if that's up to DEN to decide, it's not lack of fair play choosing the most favorable option...

it's just an unforgivable Italian mistake, which they paid the highest prize for...

then we can talk about the rules, which should be different (it was clear that no stone was influenced by that minimal super-light and not intentional touch, so in this case DEN shouldn't have been allowed to opt for such a big turnaround of the real facts)...

but until the rules say that, the players have full right to take advantage of them...any further complaint is totally out of order...

 

For me it makes perfectly good sense that a touch is all it takes. Then it shouldn't be necessary to start discussing whether it had any effect or not.

[intoronto 5,643]

Rachel Homan will represent

[NearPup 3,051]

BIt disapointed with the result, Carey could have won had she not given ateals in the first two hands, but Homan and company are a safe pair of hands and they should do well in the Olympics.

[NearPup 3,051]

Vancouver 2010 silver medalist and TSN comentator Cheryl Bernard has surprisingly been named as Team Canada’s alternate. Despite having retired four years ago. And despite Team Homan having a long time alternate that they are leaving at home.

[phelps 7,677]

Olympic Winter Games 2018 teams’ curling schedule published

The PyeongChang 2018 Organising Committee Olympic Winter Games recently published the women’s and men’s curling teams' schedule for the upcoming Games in February 2018.

 

The women’s and men’s teams’ competition will run from Wednesday 14 February until Sunday 25 February and comes after the newly introduced mixed doubles tournament, which begins on 8 February

 

Ten teams will compete in the women’s and men’s events. They are:

 

Women: Canada, China, Denmark, Great Britain, Japan, Korea, Olympic Athletes from Russia, Sweden, Switzerland and United States

 

Men: Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Korea, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and United States

 

The tournament format will be a round-robin – three draws per day – followed by a session of tie-breakers if required, then semi-finals and finals. The round-robin will be played between 14 and 21 February. The tie-breakers will follow at 09:05 on Thursday 22 February. Also, that day will be the men’s semi-finals at 20:04.

 

On Friday 23 February, the men’s bronze medal game is at 15:35 and the women’s semi-finals are at 20:04. Saturday 24 February sees the men’s gold medal game take place at 15:35, followed by the women’s bronze medal game at 20:04.

 

The Olympic curling concludes on Sunday 25 February at 09:05 with the women’s gold medal final. This is the first time the women’s final has come last at the Games, since its debut in Nagano, Japan, in 1998.

At the end of the round-robin the teams will be ranked one to ten, with the first ranked team playing the fourth ranked team (1v4) and the second ranked team playing the third ranked team in the semi-finals (2v3).

 

The men’s defending champion nation, Canada will open their round-robin campaign in the first session of play on Wednesday 14 February against Italy, who recently qualified out of the Olympic Qualification Event in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Also, in that session, the hosts Korea will meet United States.

 

Canada’s women’s team – again the defending champion nation and the current world champions – open their campaign at 09:05 on Thursday 15 February against the hosts Korea.

 

Full Schedule:

 

http://www.worldcurling.org/owg2018/schedule

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Team Canada

 

Skip: Rachel Homan

Lead: Lisa Weagle

Second: Joanne Courtney

Third: Emma Miskew

Alternate: Cheryl Bernard

 

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Team China  

 

Skip: Wang Bingyu

Lead: Ma Jingyi

Second: Liu Jinli

Third: Zhou Yan

Alternate: Jiang Xindi

 

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Team Denmark

 

Skip: Madeleine Dupont

Lead: Mathilde Halse

Second: Julie Hoegh

Third: Denise Dupont

Alternate: Lina Almind Knudsen

 

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Team Great Britain

 

Skip: Eve Muirhead

Lead: Lauren Gray

Second: Vicki Adams

Third: Anna Sloan

Alternate: Kelly Schafer

 

 

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Team Japan

 

Skip: Satsuki Fujisawa

Lead: Yurika Yoshida

Second: Mari Motohashi

Third: Chinami Yoshida

Alternate: Yumi Suzuki

 

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Olympic Athletes from Russia  

 

Skip: Victoria Moiseeva*

Lead: Julia Guzieva*

Second: Galina Arsenkina*

Third: Uliana Vasileva*

Alternate: Julia Portunova*

 

* subject to International Olympic Committee approval

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Team South Korea  

 

Skip: Kim Eun-Jung

Lead: Kim Yeong-Mi

Second: Kim Yeon-Seong

Third: Kim Kyeong-Ae

Alternate: Kim Cho-Hi

 

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Team Sweden  

 

Skip: Anna Hasselborg

Lead: Sofia Mabergs

Second: Agnes Knochenhauer

Third: Sara McManus

Alternate: Jennie Wahlin

 

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Team Switzerland  

 

Skip: Silvana Tirinzoni

Lead: Marlene Albrecht

Second: Esther Neuenschwander

Third: Manuela Siegrist

Alternate: Jenny Perret

 

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Team United States  

 

Skip: Nina Roth

Lead: Becca Hamilton

Second: Aileen Geving

Third: Tabitha Peterson

Alternate: Cory Christensen

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Great start for Team GB

Edited February 14, 2018 by Mkbw50