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And Russians stumbling all over the place but getting a massive score. As usual, reputation counts more in this event, unfortunately.

I will never understand scoring in ice dance.

The Canadian duo's outfits are.......something.

Cleared all my covid tests and security checks, I'll be going to the Opening Ceremonies tonight! Long story short, I know someone who knows someone and our big group got whittled down for many reasons, but I finally was one of a few to make the final cut. Will also go to another event in a week and the Closing Ceremonies too (and Paralympic Ceremonies). It'll be a long day and we're not allowed to bring battery packs in, so I hope my phone lasts with all the pictures and updates. Didn't want to jinx anything by celebrating too early, especially in these covid times. So excited!

Cleared all my covid tests and security checks, I'll be going to the Opening Ceremonies tonight! Long story short, I know someone who knows someone and our big group got whittled down for many reasons, but I finally was one of a few to make the final cut. Will also go to another event in a week and the Closing Ceremonies too (and Paralympic Ceremonies). It'll be a long day and we're not allowed to bring battery packs in, so I hope my phone lasts with all the pictures and updates. So excited!

Strong win for Morris and Homan. On to China this afternoon.

Woohoo, tight finish considering Canada seemed to be in control the whole game.

Swiss with a great shot, staying in the game. But here comes Canada's PP. Edit: No PP yet. Still learning doubles strategy.

Italy!

Yeah, it's not surprising they are undefeated, its more about them being the only one. It'll be interesting to see how things turn out.

Well, there you go. Italy winning gold coming up!

Interesting, the only undefeated teams so far are China and Italy (2-0) while the only winless team is Australia (0-3).

Canada takes it! One bad shot in the 7th by Norway really lost them the game.

Barring a disaster, Canada will win their match. Tied going into the 8th, but Canada has hammer and a PP.

I was thinking that in the GB game and said it out loud just before the announcers did. They don't look to be working as a team. Way too many missed shots, botched calls.

Hopefully that first game got the cobwebs out. They had it in the 7th and the 8th and screwed up both times. Oh well, on to the next.

I feel so left out. Just kidding, all good!

Well, I've already posted my thoughts on the Canada thread earlier. Originally I thought Justin Kripps had a good shot, but someone else mentioned Parrot or Toutant and I would go with that now.

It's finally here! The first day of competition! I have a thing to go to tonight, but I will be with British, Australian and American friends so we will have curling going on the TV/devices.

[hide] Main Round February 9th - February 13th, 2022 12 Nations, Every 1st-placed Nation from all the Groups + The best 2nd-placed Nation from all the Groups will qualify for the Quarterfinals. All remaining Nations will qualify for the Knockout Round Playoff-Matches Group A Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 6 China February 10th 2022, h. 21:10 Canada 3 Germany February 12th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 1 United States February 12th 2022, h. 16:40 Germany 4 China February 13th 2022, h. 21:10 China 7 Canada February 13th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 1 Germany Group B Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 9th 2022, h. 16:40 ROC 5 Switzerland February 9th 2022, h. 21:10 Czech Republic 4 Denmark February 11th 2022, h. 12:10 Denmark 8 ROC February 11th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 1 Switzerland February 12th 2022, h. 21:10 ROC 4 Czech Republic February 12th 2022, h. 21:10 Switzerland 4 Denmark Group C Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 10th 2022, h. 12:10 Sweden 4 Latvia February 10th 2022, h. 16:40 Finland 4 Slovakia February 11th 2022, h. 16:40 Sweden 4 Slovakia February 11th 2022, h. 21:10 Latvia 4 Finland February 13th 2022, h. 12:10 Slovakia 4 Latvia February 13th 2022, h. 16:40 Finland 2 Sweden Top 3 Place Gold Silver Bronze Nation Russia Canada Finland [/hide]

[hide] Main Round February 3rd - February 8th, 2022 10 Nations, Every Nation from Group A and the the 1st, 2nd and 3rd-Placed Nations from Group B will qualify for the Quarterfinals Group A Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 3rd 2022, h. 12:10 Switzerland 5 Canada February 3rd 2022, h. 21:10 Finland 4 United States February 4th 2022, h. 12:10 ROC 2 Switzerland February 5th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 5 Finland February 5th 2022, h. 21:10 United States 7 ROC February 6th 2022, h. 21:10 Switzerland 4 United States February 7th 2022, h. 12:10 Canada 8 ROC February 7th 2022, h. 21:10 Finland 2 Switzerland February 8th 2022, h. 12:10 United States 2 Canada February 8th 2022, h. 21:10 ROC 4 Finland Group B Date & Time (GMT +8) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 February 3rd 2022, h. 12:10 China 1 Czech Republic February 3rd 2022, h. 16:40 Japan 3 Sweden February 4th 2022, h. 12:10 Denmark 2 China February 5th 2022, h. 16:40 Denmark 2 Japan February 5th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 5 Sweden February 6th 2022, h. 16:40 China 2 Japan February 7th 2022, h. 16:40 Czech Republic 2 Denmark February 7th 2022, h. 21:10 Sweden 5 China February 8th 2022, h. 16:40 Japan 2 Czech Republic February 8th 2022, h. 21:10 Sweden 4 Denmark Top 3 Place 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place Nation Canada USA Finland [/hide]

Yes, same. Will be rotting for the Aussies, though!

WOW WOW WOW CANADA!