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In the duel between two of the losers skip most of the history of curling, Jennifer Jones completed a perfect way, which has no equal in the history of Olympic curling female. Even Anette Norberg won by an undefeated edition of the Games.
Thursday 20 February 2014 2 minutes reading time
The 40-year old Winnipeg deserved success given the choice to download the faithful and historic vice Cathy Overton Clapham at the end of 2009/2010 season after missing the'' access to the final third of the four World Cup. The decision to call a play from third Kaitlyn Lawes has matured especially after the second Canadian trials nuanced that it was qualifying in Vancouver 2010.
After the success of the net in the round robin 9-3 in 8 to end, Jones has checked the final score in the first half ended on the par 3. Although it remained short with the last stone has marked'' point'' of 4-3 in the eighth after the measurement of two stones are very close. '' And the next hand to make a difference. The'' error Maria Prytz gives a stolen by 2 closing the accounts. The Olympic title back to Canada after 16 years after the success of'' only'' 98 Sandra Schmriler in Nagano.
The defeat of Sweden's Peja Lindholm especially that too early, (almost a year) has announced the selection of the Olympic team effectively excluding the possibility to Norberg, fresh national title, groped for the third consecutive gold. For the team of Margaretha Sigfridsson it'' s yet another final lost: 7 to 8 (of which 4 are in the World Cup).
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