Olympic News Circle: Summer & Winter Olympics

Brad Gushue is a lock to win Canada’s record 20th medal at the Torino Olympics, but he’s also trying to make history in Pinerolo, Italy.The 25-year-old skip and his rink of third Mark Nichols, second Russ Howard and lead Jamie Korab will take on Finland’s Markku Uusipaavalniemi for curling gold on Friday (CBC, 11:30 a.m. EST).

With a win, Gushue would become the first Canadian men’s curler to win Olympic gold. Canada’s women, led by the late Sandra Schmirler, finished first at the 1998 Nagano Games.

“We’re not taking any satisfaction in the fact that we’re guaranteed a silver,” Korab said after Wednesday’s 11-5 semifinal win in nine ends over American Pete Fenson. “We came here to win the gold, and now we’ve got a shot.”

On Thursday, Shannon Kleibrink’s Calgary rink captured Canada’s second straight Olympic bronze in women’s curling with a convincing 11-5 victory over Norway’s Dordi Nordby in eight ends.

Source: cbc.ca

Canada captured its 6th gold medal today in Men’s Curling event. This brings Canada a record total of 20 medals in a single winter olympic game. Very nice. Currently Canada has 6 golds, 8 silvers, and 6 bronzes.