Scotland Win Gold in Extra Time
December 15, 2008 by Ewan
European Champions retain Curling Title.
Although pulling out a 3-0 lead early on in the game, Norway failed to capture the European Curling Championship from Scotland, with the final result going to David Murdoch’s team 7-6.
Going into the curling equivalent of extra time (an extra end) Scotland managed to knock two stones out the scoring area, but the final stone, from Norway, went just a few inches wide. Of such measurements and distances are top flight trophies won and lost.
Norwegian Captain Thomas Ulrud was philosophical in defeat. “I’m not going to get any closer than that to winning a Europeans without actually winning it, that’s for sure.”
Bookies are now considering what odds to offer the Scottish team on winning next year’s BBC Sports Personality of the Year, assuming nobody else from the UK wins something in 2009.
(Hat tip to BBC News and Brian McGhee)
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