"That was as textbook a game as we could have played against an unbelievable team," said Nichols. Jacobs' final stone rolled out to give Gushue the win. The men's final was a tight defensive battle that looked like it was also heading to an extra end. "I felt close but then it just kind of caught the curl," Fleury said. Jones followed with a guard that Fleury rubbed on her final throw to give up the decisive point on a steal. Jones drew to the side of the button behind a guard and Fleury missed a runback attempt.
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Jones refocused and put the pressure on Fleury, hoping to make her throw a challenging final shot. So we felt lucky to be able to go to an extra and we really wanted to pull it off there. "I think Jen makes that 99 per cent of the time, that shot. "We thought we had lost in the 10th for sure," Fleury said. She furiously bellowed at her teammates to try to hold it but it curled a little too much.Ī stunned Fleury put her hand over her mouth in astonishment. Jones realized halfway down the sheet that the rock was in trouble. In the late-morning game, a gasp went up throughout SaskTel Centre when Jones missed an open takeout for the victory - usually a slam dunk for the veteran skip - with her stone rolling out to leave her with just a game-tying single. Their front end of Brett Gallant and Geoff Walker will make their Olympic debut at the Feb.
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Gushue and vice Mark Nichols will return to the Games for the first time since winning gold at the 2006 Turin Olympics. That game also ended on a miscue as Jacobs overthrew his last stone in the 10th end, costing him a deuce that would have tied it. "Not everybody can say that and that's really a big strength of our team."īrad Gushue earned the men's title in the evening with a 4-3 victory over Brad Jacobs. "We're there to pick each other up when you miss," Jones said. When the dust settled, Jones escaped with an enthralling 6-5 victory to book her team's ticket to the Beijing Games. The timing of Tracy Fleury's error in the extra end proved even more costly. Jennifer Jones stunningly blew a golden opportunity to win the game in the 10th end. 229910052782 aluminium Inorganic materials 0.SASKATOON - Late misses helped decide a wild, entertaining and rather shocking women's final at Canada's Olympic curling trials on Sunday.
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