Ed's note: Curling Canada has been publishing some thoughts from Kevin Koe about competing at the Winter Olympics and his march to what we hope will be a gold medal in men's curling. Thanks to Curling Canada for letting us republishing excerpts here.
World Curling Federation/Richard Gray photo
On the Games experience
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The opening ceremonies
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On Preparation
It was a long time coming this week to get on the ice today. We had to leave Canada early to train in Japan to get over the jet-lag and get used to the time change. And then we were here in Gangneung for three or four days without getting on the ice. We would have liked to throw rocks, but it is what it is. It was good to get a couple days of practice, but today was a perfect day for us to play two games right out of the gate.
Beating Italy
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Versus Great Britain
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