When she delivered the final rock of the 10th end you could see Bernard yell "Clean!" and a smile crept across her face. At that precise moment she thought she had won gold.
What's really painful is the actual rarity of jamming a rock like that. If they had swept the rock halfway they would have picked Sweden's rock on the inside and missed the jam. But waiting for it to curl like they did allowed the perfect angle onto the back rock.
Less weight, more weight, no sweeping, hard sweeping... if any one of these had taken place she'd have her gold.
And she's not even the best curler in Alberta. She'll never get a chance for redemption.
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Would there even be no trade clauses if Edmonton was out of the NHL? - fotze
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