Men's Curling WCF World Championship 2021

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2 hours ago, intoronto said:

Wow  just destroyed 10-1 

With a steal of *5*...

[Gianlu33 5,288]

Korea defeated Canada What night...

 

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1 minute ago, Gianlu33 said:

Korea defeated Canada What night...

 

Apparently Korea’s first ever win against Canada at the men’s worlds.

 

Canada scored 4 points in the 8th and stole 2 in the 9th to take a one point lead, but it just wasn’t enough.

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Exciting. Still 7 teams with a realistic chance to win the round robin and even more teams still with a chance to compete for the play off and olympic spots.

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1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

 

Is “The team formally known as the Russian Curling Federation team” acceptable?

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2 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Is “The team formally known as the Russian Curling Federation team” acceptable?

I can’t wait for “The National Olympic Committee Formerly Known as the Russian Federation” to enter the stadium during the parade of nations. 

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44 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I can’t wait for “The National Olympic Committee Formerly Known as the Russian Federation” to enter the stadium during the parade of nations. 

I suggested “The Team of the Moscow Patriarchate” months ago.

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At this point  all appear to be cruising towards Olympic qualification. They are two (or 2.5 in the case of Norway) games ahead of the 7th place team, with only 4 (or 5 for Norway) games remaining.

 

 are battling for the sixth place, but the USA is definitely in the driver’s seat there. They are half a game ahead of Switzerland and a game ahead if Italy and, crucially, they hold the tie-breaker over both teams. The only silver lining for the Swiss is that on paper they have a slightly easier schedule ahead of them. Italy is going to need to hope both teams ahead of them drop a couple games to teams that are towards the bottom of the standings.

 

Edit: I am obviously rooting for Switzerland because their accents when they talk to each other in French are just delightful.

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is the first team to qualify for the playoffs and, as such, the Olympics.