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.

Brad Gushue used steady play and one spectacular end to win Canada’s first-ever Olympic gold medal in men’s curling.The 25-year-old skip and his St. John’s-based rink of third Mark Nichols, second Russ Howard and lead Jamie Korab scored six in the sixth end to propel themselves to a 10-4 win over Finland in the gold medal game on Friday in Pinerolo, Italy.

It was the second-ever Olympic gold medal by a Canadian rink. The women’s team led by the late Sandra Schmirler finished first at the 1998 Nagano Games.

It was also the second medal for Canadian curlers at the Torino Games. On Thursday, Shannon Kleibrink’s Calgary rink captured bronze in women’s curling with a convincing 11-5 victory over Norway’s Dordi Nordby, also in eight ends.

Source: cbc.ca

Canada captured its 6th gold medal today in Men’s Curling event, beating Finland with an impressive score of 10-4. 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.

Men’s Curling Team consists of Brad GUSHUE, Mark NICHOLS, Jamie KORAB, Mike ADAM, and Russ HOWARD. Congratulations to them.

Here is an article summerizing the bidding history of Vancouver-Whistler as one of the candidate cities to host 2010 Winter Olympics.

Here are the video clips for Turino 2006 Winter Olympic Games Opening Ceremony on Feburary 17.

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