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de Bruin in 3rd after the first run. Humphries in first...

Big snow storm in Beijing today! Pretty rare.

Great start in curling!

I was there. Crowd, as small as it was, went wild!

If you take 0.7 off Rahneva's terrible 2nd run it would still be by far her worst run but she would have been on the podium. That's how bad her 2nd run was (and how good her other runs were). Anyway, today was fun for me personally. Will report back more after some sleep.

Well, I'm glad I chose this hockey game over speed skating now.

This is sadly true. Every Olympics Canada has the worst World Championships to Olympic medal conversions. I've been saying it for years, they need to invest more into psychologists. Canadian athletes have trouble performing on the biggest stage, and it's not due to skill or funding. It's starting to seep into hockey and curling now, too.

Another 4th! Complete scandal for Canada.

Wow.....

They had their chance, but missed on the last shot. Again.

Jesus, by mms again.

Big turn around in curling.

Canada has been alternating good/bad days so far, and after yesterday we've had a relatively good start to today. Hopefully it'll carry on, especially in speed skating. Funny story, I was given the choice between hockey, figure skating or speed skating tickets. This was months ago, I had no idea for what day or which event, so I chose hockey. Then I found out it was for today and I got all excited that it was for CAN vs USA which is playing just down the street from me in an hour. But no, turns out it's CHN vs GER later today. The speed skating would have been for today. But oh well, I'll take it! I'll still be representing the Maple Leaf in the arena and the Olympic Green.

I agree. Trials should be much earlier and give teams time to prepare, especially mixed doubles.

Bronze! Good for Odine finishing the race after being taken out by the evil Italian. And nice shot by Jenn in the 8th to get those 2 points.

We'll take the bronze!

Friggin Italian doing a headshot on Canada!!!

Yup, apparently. As I said yesterday, we can talk about other countries catching up but all Canadian teams here have been missing, missing and missing. Not a strong showing from any of them so far.

I was wondering the same thing.

Odine......not confidence building there.

Shit day for Canada. Expected, because as Canadians we're not allowed to enjoy two good days in a row Tomorrow has some potential. I'm actually going to the China/Germany hockey game. Thought it was CAN/USA when I signed up for it, but I'll take what I can get, there was no other option. Go Canada, and all that.

We can talk about the rest of the world catching up to Canada in curling, but we then also have to talk about Canada, all three teams, missing relatively easy shots again and again and again to win games. Jones and Gushue only have one loss, so it's not the end of the world. But no Canadian curler has played to their potential in Beijing.

So frustrating to watch CAN vs SUI CAN: Misses shot, terrible. SUI: Misses shot, great result. CAN: Misses shot, terrible. SUI: Misses shot, great result. CAN: Misses shot, terrible. Repeat.

ROC just scored 6 on Denmark???!!! I have to go find video of that end!

Netherlands got bronze in womens relay in 2018 by finishing 1st in the B final because Canada and Korea were DQed in A final. This might explain some of the "interesting" decisions here in Beijing, since a Chinese official said after that DQ that Korea would pay in 2022. Also, Netherlands got a WR in the B final, creating an even more crazy situation where the WR got bronze.