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Team USA is ranked #3 in the world for wheelchair curling!

Bringing Home Bronze!!!

Posted by Brianne Puleo - Sitrin Healthcare

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Team USA was pumped up this morning and ready to take on Canada in the Bronze Medal Game! To start out, Canada had the hammer, but blanked the end to keep the advantage. In the second end, Canada came up heavy on a draw for two and put one on the board. USA went into the third end with the hammer. Canada missed an open takeout and then USA drew for two points. In the fourth end, the Canadian skip tried to draw to the button for one, but came up narrow and tapped USA in for two. Then, in the fifth end, the Canadian skip was narrow on a takeout for one, resulting in a steal of four by USA! Down 8-1, Canada was forced to concede after the first two stones were out of scoring position. The game ended with a handshake and a medal for USA!

Skip Augusto Perez signed off on the score to make it official. Meantime, Korea and Norway went head-to-head for the gold medal. After a very exciting and close game that went into an extra end, Norway came out on top.

The final standings included: Gold - Norway,
Silver - Korea, Bronze - USA!

This is the first time the USA wheelchair curling team has ever made it to the medal round, and they are going home with a Bronze! Team Leader Marc DePerno says, “I am so proud of the time and commitment that the team has put into the sport. They are so deserving of this medal.”

USA skip Augusto Perez says, “We have a strong team and great chemistry. Throughout the week we had some highs and lows, but we really worked together to pull through. It was definitely a team effort.”

Coach Steve Brown adds, “They came here with a mission of a medal and that’s what they got. They played like champions!”