GKJ
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In hockey there's 1972, 1988, 2002 and 2010 that really stand out (2014 was awesome but we all knew they were winning gold from first puck drop of the tourney). Now 2014 in women's was something truly special with Poulin sinking the Americans.Trying to figure out where this stands in terms of Canada team sport victories, and only 2002 and 2010 Olympic Hockey Golds jump out as potential comparables.
What a tremendous games for Canada. Highly successful medal count, but so many big moments that'll get remembered.
Hopefully this is it for Fischer, Lindahl and Seger. Think this Swedish team has a nice future with talent coming up
In hockey there's 1972, 1988, 2002 and 2010 that really stand out (2014 was awesome but we all knew they were winning gold from first puck drop). Now 2014 in women's was something truly special with Poulin sinking the Americans.
In football, this one is surely number one because we beat international competition. I'd say the 1985 Gold Cup is up there as well since it helped qualify us into the World Cup in 86.
Sweden were the elites in this event, I really enjoyed watching their matches throughout the entire Olympics! Hope to see these two teams compete in many more high leverage matches going forwardCongratulations Canada!
Your defense was stingy as f***, your players fought well, and when it came down to a penalty shootout I knew it could go either way.
Seeing Seger after the loss really hurt, felt close to tears myself. I’ve always appreciated her leadership and dedication, and I really wished for her to get this win after all these years.
I think a lot of us Swedes knew we had a special iteration of a team this tournament following the pummeling of the Americans. So different from Rio when they made the finals parking the bus. With the Germans missing out, I thought there was no stopping a gold medal this time. Alas, the ball is round.
It's a joke to settle championships on this gimmick. I turn off the TV when a shootout starts in NHL games.
Yeah it wasn't pretty but we'll take it 100 times out of 10 lol
Also was Sinclair injured? I wonder why she stopped taking penalties after the Brazil game? You'd think she'd be in there taking a penalty during a gold medal match where surely she'd do better than many of her teammates?
Trying to figure out where this stands in terms of Canada team sport victories, and only 2002 and 2010 Olympic Hockey Golds jump out as potential comparables.
What a tremendous games for Canada. Highly successful medal count, but so many big moments that'll get remembered.
And is curling considered team sports even if its only a team of four? Because I'd rate a number of those curling gold wins higher than this team win.
I’m fairly certain they were more concerned as to whether she could effectively play another 30 minutes.
She had a pretty unremarkable tournament all told.
If that's the case, maybe they should've brought her off the bench as a sub later in the game so that she could be there for possible penalty kicks if she wasn't capable of playing a full game effectively?
She definitely would've provided a better attempt than alot of others that took penalties.
I always got the feeling until relatively recently that curling was "Canada's to lose".
I think this was a much more of an underdog performance where they managed to win against the top two teams in the tournament.
I think the perception that Canada dominates curling is only partly true. They do have consistently good results, but there are a number of other countries that are just as good if not more so. In the olympics Canada has done pretty well, but its pretty far from near complete domination like China has with diving and table tennis as an example.
Hopefully this is it for Fischer, Lindahl and Seger. Think this Swedish team has a nice future with talent coming up
The world has definitely caught up to Canada in curling. Medals aren’t guaranteed anymore.I always got the feeling until relatively recently that curling was "Canada's to lose".
I think this was a much more of an underdog performance where they managed to win against the top two teams in the tournament.
The world has definitely caught up to Canada in curling. Medals aren’t guaranteed anymore.
Who can say?
She was 0 for 1 in penalties in the tournament.
Sweden's best player and Sweden's Captain both missed their attempts.
I don't want to diminish the level of competition in curling, which is considerable and getting better all the time, but more so that Canada is more of a prohibitive favourite and not winning gold is generally seen as a disappointment.
So I find it hard to put curling gold over the women's soccer gold.
Canada hasn't been a 'prohibitive favorite' in curling for a while now. They're probably more like a top contender along with a few other curling nations these days.
She shouldn't have started this game or most others, they left her on far too long in this one, and there is no way she could have played another 30+ minutes.If that's the case, maybe they should've brought her off the bench as a sub later in the game so that she could be there for possible penalty kicks if she wasn't capable of playing a full game effectively? She definitely would've provided a better attempt than alot of others that took penalties.
Whatever you want to call it, personally I think you'd be hard-pressed to call any curling gold for Canada a more impressive team achievement.
She shouldn't have started this game or most others, they left her on far too long in this one, and there is no way she could have played another 30+ minutes.
Who said anything about her being injured? She's 38 years old and well passed her prime.If she was that injured, then why not only sub her in for like the last 10 mins of regulation or something so that she can be there for penalty kicks if needed?