Live Blog: USA V. Russia Mixed Doubles Curling (Mario V. the Romanovs)

Ignore all the superbowl ads about the Olympics starting Thursday. Guess who is curling right fucking now?

The Hamilton Siblings and they are against Russia.

Live Updates Below:

-Matt Hamilton’s Mustache Game is a solid A+

-They looked good in the first end. Scored 3. Becca had a solid double knockout on her last stone.

-They do a lot of fun accents in between throws. Quote from Matt “That was like totally savage” in reference to Becca crushing her last stone to take 3.

-How would you even dope in curling? You never see an incredibly buff curler, don’t want to melt the ice too much I guess?

-Russia scored 2 in the second end. No major mistakes from the US, just could have done a couple shots a little better.

-The Russian curlers names are Anastasia & Alexander. Bartok better be in the rafters somewhere cheering them on.

-This is fascinating to watch because the US team are siblings and the Russian team are a married couple. Very different dynamics going on. Alexander just fucked up and touched the rock while sweeping…he’s going to be doing dishes for a long time.

-Totally forgot that there is such thing as a “hog-line violation” in curling…hehe

-USA is pulling ahead after the 5th end with a score of 7-2. Looking strong.

-Matt’s down. He has fallen sweeping tooo hard. Anastasia laughed, Matt’s not hurt. Back in the game.

-Matt & Becca for the 9-3 win. Solid start. Russia is one of the favorites as they are the 2016 world champions so I don’t think they should be counted out in anyway.

-Sidebar: get used to hearing “OAR” as the abbreviation for Olympic Athletes from Russia. I feel like the band OAR is going to get a boost from this somehow.