Curling… when you can tell your lady that she is wide without fear of getting whacked upside the head with a cast iron pan. Or proclaim out loud that she is too heavy, knowing that your comment has been heard by countless bystanders. Where you can order your better half to sweep, sweep hard, and having the never before seen result of actually seeing her gutting it out just to please you! For in curling, you are the king of the house! ~Author Unknown
Superstar, Sven Kramer, was almost guaranteed a Gold Medal!
“My world collapsed. This is a disaster. This is the worst moment in my career”
–Sven Kramer’s coach Gerard Kemkers
“Usually, I don’t want to blame anyone else, I take responsibility as the skater on the ice. But this time I can’t do anything else,” the son of two-time Olympic speed skater Yep Kramer told reporters after the race.
“I wanted to go on the outer lane, then just before the cone Gerard shouted, ‘Inner lane!’ I thought he was probably right. At first I thought my skates passed the cone on the wrong side, and I will be disqualified. Then I noticed in the stadium, something was wrong.
“You have to decide in a split second. I should have gone with my own thoughts but I was brought into doubt. This really sucks. This is a real expensive mistake. This really sucks.”
What an emotional performance!
Joannie Rochette  of Canada competing in the Ladies Short Program Figure Skating at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Rochette’s mother, Therese Rochette, died unexpectedly on Sunday morning at the age of 55 after arriving in Vancouver to watch her daughter compete at the Games.