Friday, February 24, 2006

Games of the XX Olympiad: Boyos from the Rock, throw rocks of Gold!


Another Golden moment for Canada at Torino. As one group of Canadian men had some success on a frozen surface in Italy.


The Brad Gushue link, the pride and joy of Newfoundland had a monster sixth end, scoring six and putting away the challengers from Finland in quick order.

It was a solid performance for Gushue's St. John's based rink, as the Canadians took charge and carried on towards the 10-4 final mark and gold for Canada, the nation's first ever gold medal in the roaring game. The Canadian rink consisted of skip Brad Gushue, third Mark Nichols, second Russ Howard and lead Jamie Korab and alternate Mike Adam.

The medal win brings Canada's medal total now to 20 at Torino, as day fourteen comes to an end. Canada can lay claim to six gold, 8 silver and six bronze medals, the nations best ever performance in the winter games.

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