I don’t think anyone predicted Italy would win, and if they did, no way they said they would go undefeated during the entire tournament. Madness. I watched one of their first matches and thought “they seem fun but a little all over the place, no way they are a contender”. Wowzer, we were all so, so, so wrong.
I think they came in ranked 11th in the world so maybe their secret is just having some fun. The same concern level as my curling team when we are losing by 8 and counting down the minutes until we go broom stacking….aka drinking at the bar (you stack your brooms in the corner so you can hold your beer, get it?).
Or maybe the secret to their success is Amos’ biceps just crushing the ice while sweeping…I’m just going to go with that one. Congrats Italy!
Quick shoutout to the US team of Vicky Persinger and Chris Plys who didn’t have the tournament they were hoping for, finished 8th, but still played their hearts out. Chris will be returning to the ice as part of the Men’s team that starts round robin this morning. Vicky’s Olympics are over.
MUST WATCH: AMERICAN ROCK STARS
It’s Curling Dudes being Curling Dudes with Nick Offerman as narrator. Just watch it to get hyped for the Men’s Curling Tournament. And I’m just going to say it here to get it out of the way, John Shuster better skip this team to something magical for keeping the man below out of the Olympics.
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