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As Sammy Davis Jr. sang:
“Don’t commit the crime. If you don’t have the time, then don’t do it.”
Or if you want to speak sports language:
Don’t treat yourself to psychos, Trash talk and general banter. When you can’t keep your balance in the approaching storm.
Björn Borg wouldn’t have won a single tennis match against John McEnroe if he hadn’t treated the American’s outbursts and outbursts coldly.
Team Edin came to Cortina as reigning Olympic champions, but left with a bang. The main reason for this is that the team was unable to deal with the chaos that ensued after Oskar Eriksson accused Canada of cheating.
Should you win gold? At the Olympics you have to maximize your chances. You can’t achieve this by focusing on the wrong things in the middle of the game. Like Canadian fingers. Canada benefited significantly more from the excitement than from stone throwing.
The sensor disappeared and accusations arose that some teams released the stone too late.
Cheating/pushing the limits in curling has been a problem in the sport in recent years.
They had a sensor on the rock that would indicate if it was released too late. The technology failed, the sensor disappeared and there were allegations that some teams were too late in releasing the stone.
Jens Littorin from DN took over the management this with an Italian player during a previous championship. He replied that the big problem that could not be eliminated was exactly what was at stake now.
The extra push.
Feels a bit like the “second shooter” in the tinfoil hat theories about the JFK assassination.
The Swedish team (and probably many others) knew that Canada’s players had cheated. This could have been pointed out in many different contexts. The decision to do this in the middle of an important Olympic game is bad timing. Especially because the players knew that the referees were a bunch of tired dwarves who barely knew the rules.
Then you would have given up the shining moment in the Canadian fingers and just focused on playing better and winning the match.
And if so If you had drawn the battle card, you would:
● Make sure you are fully prepared for what emotional buttons were pushed and what they would trigger.
● I made sure to go to a joint confrontation so that the fraudulent team formed a united front.
The Swedish curling men did none of these things. The Canadians saw Swedish cracks into which wedges could be driven.
Oskar Eriksson became the Don Quixote of curling as he fought against the windmills of curling.
Captain Niklas Edin seemed the most uncomfortable about the whole situation. His team got out of balance, had the wrong focus and the team was eliminated from the medal ceremony.
And Niklas Edin recently admitted in Jens Littorin’s text that the argument disturbed the team:
“We thought it wouldn’t have a big impact, but a lot happened and it took a lot of energy. Sleep got bad and you could see that in the games.”
Team Anna Hasselborg saw almost two years ago to find the right focus.
After the Beijing 2022 Games, three of the players had children, Anna Hasselborg, Agnes Beinehauer and Sara McManus. The fourth player, Sofia Sharback, went to Canada.
What the road would look like was discussed in detail. Towards Cortina and there towards medals.
As the players set off for the Cortina Olympics with new life situations, they realized something had happened. They had fallen behind the other world leaders.
During a meeting at Fuerteventura The guidelines were created in spring 2024. What the road would look like was discussed in detail. Towards Cortina and there towards medals.
Two years later, Lag Hasselborg has a chance to win a medal at his third consecutive Olympics.
Finally: Canada’s Rachel Homan hit the stone in an illegal way during the group stage win over Sweden. But in contrast to the men’s team, the women’s team quickly let go.
Sara McManus told Expressen:
– It’s surprising to see. I don’t think it affects us or them. But just don’t put your hand there, you know?
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