With all due respect to Cheryl Bernard, it wasn't supposed to be this way.
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Olympic Contenders: Women's curling
- February 16, 2010 12:30 AM |
- By Noah Love
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Here is a look at the women's curling competition, which gets under way on Tuesday:
The Contenders
With all due respect to Cheryl Bernard, it wasn't supposed to be this way. No, Jennifer Jones is the "rock star" of women's curling, winner of the past three Scotties titles. But Jones wilted under the pressure at the Olympic trials and Bernard's Alberta rink earned the right to represent the top-ranked curling nation in the world.
To win, she'll have to get past the Olympics tournament's defending champion, Eva Lund's Swedish rink, also last year's runner-up at the World Curling Championship. And then there is 25-year-old phenom Wang Bingyu, who skipped now-curling power China to gold at that tournament.
The Top Five (WCF World Rankings)
1. Canada
2. Sweden
3. Switzerland
4. China
5. Denmark
Canadian Medal Hopes
See the contenders section above.
The Dark Horse
Angelina Jensen's Danish rink beat Jones for bronze at last year's WCW. Mirjam Ott's Swiss rink should not be taken lightly, either.
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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