After starting the tournament 4-0, Spallumcheenѻýs Ina Forrest and Team Canada is now on a three-game slide after dropping its two wheelchair curling games on Tuesday, March 8, at the Beijing Paralympics.
Canada first fell 9-4 to South Korea before a narrow 9-8 loss to Slovakia in a game that saw the two countries exchange the lead a few times.
ѻýWe were right there ѻý I just didnѻýt make the draw at the end of game,ѻý said Canadaѻýs Jon Thurston, who throws last rock. ѻýObviously, itѻýs not the outcome we wanted, but I think it was a strong game for us.ѻý
Team Canada alternate Collinda Joseph saw her first Paralympic action against South Korea.
ѻýIt was pretty amazing, I have to say,ѻý Joseph said about making her Paralympic debut. ѻýI was kind of shaking at the beginning ѻý physically shaking ѻý so I was trying to calm myself down. So after the first two shots, I got into the rhythm of the game and settled in.ѻý
Canada will look to return to the winnersѻý circle in its last three games with an aim of finishing top-four to advance into the semifinals.
Canada takes a 4-3 record into the second-last day of preliminary play in Beijing. The team has two more games on tap Wednesday, March 9, taking on Great Britain at 10:35 p.m. (Pacific time, Tuesday) then Estonia at 3:35 a.m. Pacific (Wednesday, March 9)
The Canadians are currently in a three-way tie for fourth in the standings, which will see the top four teams advance into the semifinals. Great Britain is 3-3 and Estonia is 2-4.
ѻý Lumbyѻýs Logan Leach and guide Julien Petit are slated to return to the Para Alpine slopes in Beijing Wednesday, March 9, looking for a podium spot in the menѻýs visually impaired giant slalom.
The duo have cracked the top-10 in each race thus far, finishing ninth (downhill), seventh (super giant slalom) and sixth (super combined).
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