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Canada at Sochi Olympics Wohoooo!!!  

able202 63M
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2/19/2014 7:31 pm

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2/23/2014 7:25 pm

Canada at Sochi Olympics Wohoooo!!!


Wonderful!!! I don't get to see the games but I can catch the highlights. We have Jennifer Jones (The pride of Manitoba) in the gold medal round for woman'e curling. Not to mention she has gone through the round robin and playoffs undefeated. A first.. Then we have Brad Jacobs and his men's curling team in the gold medal final and the men's Hockey team in the gold medal final.
Canada Rules!!!!!
All the best to our Olympians. Be proud Canada...


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able202 63M
3108 posts
2/21/2014 6:40 pm

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Yes Kinkyfem. So proud of them. I can't imagine the work and commitment they have.

Able202


able202 63M
3108 posts
2/21/2014 6:39 pm

We are third in medal count Awesome!!!!

Able202


able202 63M
3108 posts
2/21/2014 6:38 pm

    Quoting sweet_VM:
    Hopefully our Team goes all the way to gold. hugs V

    Here it is gold chance for both Men's and Women' curling as well as women's hockey too..

    Canada, Sweden face off for women’s curling gold

    Canada’s skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after delivering the last rock during the women’s curling semifinal game victory over Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

    By Associated Press February 19, 2014, 7:03 PM

    SOCHI, Russia — In the summer of 2012, when she was pregnant with her first child and recovering from surgery to repair knee ligament damage, the chances of Jennifer Jones winning gold at the Sochi Olympics seemed remote.

    On Thursday, it will be a major surprise if that once-unlikely prospect doesn’t turn into reality.

    Jones will be skip for Canada in the women’s Olympic final against Sweden at the Ice Cube Curling Center in a repeat of the 2010 gold-medal match in Vancouver.

    On that occasion, the Swedes relied on a meltdown from Cheryl Bernard first in the 10th end and then in an extra end to win a second straight gold. They shouldn’t bet on Jones making the same mistakes.

    The 39-year-old Jones has been in unforgiving mood in Sochi, guiding the Canadians to nine straight wins in the round robin — an Olympic record — and then a 6-4 victory over world champion Britain in the semifinals.

    “We’ve played so consistent for the last year and a half,” Jones said. “Since I came back from having a baby we have just been on a roll.

    “It’s crazy. We have worked so hard and to have it all come true and be in that gold-medal game, the game you have dreamed of for your entire life, it’s pretty exciting.”

    An Olympic gold medal would cap a career that already has seen Jones win the world championship — in 2008 — and four Canadian titles. She has been Canada’s top female curler for the past decade.

    Her rival skip, Margaretha Sigfridsson has never won a global title and has lost in four world finals — two as a skip. Her biggest win was in the European final last year.

    Jones beat Sigfridsson 9-3 in the round robin in just eight ends.

    “She plays aggressively and when she plays well, it’s definitely hard to stop her,” Sigfridsson said, “but if you place your stones in the right places and put some pressure on the whole team, you definitely have a chance.”

    Sweden won the last two Olympic titles under skip Anette Norberg, who will commentate on the match for Swedish TV on Thursday. The Swedes beat Switzerland in their semifinal.

    Canada’s women have won a medal at every Olympics since curling returned to the program in 1998. But it was in ‘98 that it last captured gold.

    For a curling-mad country like Canada, 16 years simply is too long to wait.

    Britain will play Switzerland for the bronze medal before the final.

    The men’s final between Canada and Britain is on Friday.
Thanks, sweet_VM for all the great info.. They did it!!!!

Women's curling gold and women's hockey gold... And Brad Jacobs and his team got their gold. And the Canadian men's hockey is in the gold match with Sweden. Should be a great game

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2/20/2014 8:53 am



Become a blog watcher sweet_vm


sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
2/20/2014 8:52 am

Good chance for gold for Women's hockey too!

Team Canada go!

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sweet_VM 65F
81699 posts
2/20/2014 8:33 am

Hopefully our Team goes all the way to gold. hugs V

Here it is gold chance for both Men's and Women' curling as well as women's hockey too..

Canada, Sweden face off for women’s curling gold

Canada’s skip Jennifer Jones celebrates after delivering the last rock during the women’s curling semifinal game victory over Britain at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press

By Associated Press February 19, 2014, 7:03 PM

SOCHI, Russia — In the summer of 2012, when she was pregnant with her first child and recovering from surgery to repair knee ligament damage, the chances of Jennifer Jones winning gold at the Sochi Olympics seemed remote.

On Thursday, it will be a major surprise if that once-unlikely prospect doesn’t turn into reality.

Jones will be skip for Canada in the women’s Olympic final against Sweden at the Ice Cube Curling Center in a repeat of the 2010 gold-medal match in Vancouver.

On that occasion, the Swedes relied on a meltdown from Cheryl Bernard first in the 10th end and then in an extra end to win a second straight gold. They shouldn’t bet on Jones making the same mistakes.

The 39-year-old Jones has been in unforgiving mood in Sochi, guiding the Canadians to nine straight wins in the round robin — an Olympic record — and then a 6-4 victory over world champion Britain in the semifinals.

“We’ve played so consistent for the last year and a half,” Jones said. “Since I came back from having a baby we have just been on a roll.

“It’s crazy. We have worked so hard and to have it all come true and be in that gold-medal game, the game you have dreamed of for your entire life, it’s pretty exciting.”

An Olympic gold medal would cap a career that already has seen Jones win the world championship — in 2008 — and four Canadian titles. She has been Canada’s top female curler for the past decade.

Her rival skip, Margaretha Sigfridsson has never won a global title and has lost in four world finals — two as a skip. Her biggest win was in the European final last year.

Jones beat Sigfridsson 9-3 in the round robin in just eight ends.

“She plays aggressively and when she plays well, it’s definitely hard to stop her,” Sigfridsson said, “but if you place your stones in the right places and put some pressure on the whole team, you definitely have a chance.”

Sweden won the last two Olympic titles under skip Anette Norberg, who will commentate on the match for Swedish TV on Thursday. The Swedes beat Switzerland in their semifinal.

Canada’s women have won a medal at every Olympics since curling returned to the program in 1998. But it was in ‘98 that it last captured gold.

For a curling-mad country like Canada, 16 years simply is too long to wait.

Britain will play Switzerland for the bronze medal before the final.

The men’s final between Canada and Britain is on Friday.

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