Poor Mirjam Ott. 10th end, down one, but with the hammer, has one stolen.
2002, Gold Medal game, lost by one to England, who took the last point with the hammer in the 10th. (She was only the third).
2006, Gold Medal game, lost by one to Sweden, who took the last point with the hammer in the 11th.
2010, Semifinals, lost by one to Canada, who took the last point with the hammer in the 10th.
2010, Bronze Medal game, tied 6-6 in the 6th, give up 2 in the 7th and have 4(!) stolen in the 8th, then concedes.
Of all the Erika Browns in the world, Mirjam Ott is the Erika Browniest.
I watched it. It was a hard shot to win it, but a bit better chance to send it to an 11th. She whiffed it.
Do I dare wake up early just to watch her choke again?
Or watch her actually win her last Draw in the Olympics?
You can watch a quick five highlight minute video of Ott's horrible 2010 Bronze-Medal draw here.
From Down 1-5 to 6-6 to 12-6 loss
I hope this CAN-CHN match is as good as the one on Sunday.
Good start on that.
My goodness, this third end. The drawing going on here is downright ridiculous.
Wow, amazing run-back on his red stone into the pile in the center for two from Brad Jacobs. If you watch no other end in this games, watch the third end of this one.
Holy crap. Watching the Canadian replay.
Chinese Skip just put it on the button with his last throw.
Six rocks at least biting the 4-foot circle.
One throw left from the Canuck. I know what the score's going to be but I gotta see this.
I wouldn't have expected it to go like that.
(Even though you described it.)
China just played a hit with their last stone in the 9th with Canada sitting three in the house. No idea why he didn't freeze to one to cut them down since he gave CAN an easy take out for three more. 10-6 heading into the 10th, China with the hammer but I think this one is done.
Just watched this.
Erika Brown might have sent the hammer past the Chinese stone, but I doubt most international curlers would.
I wish I could watch this Scotland-Sweden draw.
Scotland down one with the hammer in the 10th.
Can Murdoch do it again?
I was spoilering myself, because I haven't finished watching it yet but because NBC's app sucks it was already over with GB celebrating by the time my browser feed got it going.
It was not very epic, though. Sweden missed a run-back takeout that left an easy draw for Murdoch that he didn't even have to have accurate weight because of a backing Swedish stone in the four foot.
Wow. The Swedes would have been better if Edin had completely missed that shot and left the guard where it was. I think Edin got cocky.
"Upset!" UK beats Switzerland to take the bronze.
I woke up early to watch the end of the draw, but it had just finished, so I watched the last three ends on replay, knowing the result.
Mirjam Ott in the Olympics is now the Buffalo Bills 1989/90-1992/93 followed by the 1985/86-1986/87 Cleveland Browns.
I think it's time for me to change the saying.
"Of all the Mirjam Otts in the world, you're the Mirjam Ottiest."
Thanks American and Canadian press for not giving two flying f-bombs about such a tragic sports figure.
All I could find about her in English-language reports was this:
"It's not the right time to say, there are too many emotions right now," Ott, 42, said when asked if she would continue in the sport.
I didn't realize that the Women's Gold Medal game started at 7:30 am Central.
I thought it was 9:30 am. I think I got things confused because of our base-12 hours system.
A 9:00 Sochi Start was an 11pm CST, so a 17:30 Sochi Start is 9:30.
Great Britain is doing their best to make this an anti-climactic gold medal match.
I watched it. It was a hard shot to win it, but a bit better chance to send it to an 11th. She whiffed it.
Do I dare wake up early just to watch her choke again?
Or watch her actually win her last Draw in the Olympics?
You can watch a quick five highlight minute video of Ott's horrible 2010 Bronze-Medal draw here.
From Down 1-5 to 6-6 to 12-6 loss
I hope this CAN-CHN match is as good as the one on Sunday.
Good start on that.
My goodness, this third end. The drawing going on here is downright ridiculous.
Wow, amazing run-back on his red stone into the pile in the center for two from Brad Jacobs. If you watch no other end in this games, watch the third end of this one.
Holy crap. Watching the Canadian replay.
Chinese Skip just put it on the button with his last throw.
Six rocks at least biting the 4-foot circle.
One throw left from the Canuck. I know what the score's going to be but I gotta see this.
I wouldn't have expected it to go like that.
(Even though you described it.)
China just played a hit with their last stone in the 9th with Canada sitting three in the house. No idea why he didn't freeze to one to cut them down since he gave CAN an easy take out for three more. 10-6 heading into the 10th, China with the hammer but I think this one is done.
Just watched this.
Erika Brown might have sent the hammer past the Chinese stone, but I doubt most international curlers would.
I wish I could watch this Scotland-Sweden draw.
Scotland down one with the hammer in the 10th.
Can Murdoch do it again?
Why are we spoilering? Are people planning on watching later?
Wow. The Swedes would have been better if Edin had completely missed that shot and left the guard where it was. I think Edin got cocky.
"Upset!" UK beats Switzerland to take the bronze.
I woke up early to watch the end of the draw, but it had just finished, so I watched the last three ends on replay, knowing the result.
Mirjam Ott in the Olympics is now the Buffalo Bills 1989/90-1992/93 followed by the 1985/86-1986/87 Cleveland Browns.
I think it's time for me to change the saying.
"Of all the Mirjam Otts in the world, you're the Mirjam Ottiest."
Thanks American and Canadian press for not giving two flying f-bombs about such a tragic sports figure.
All I could find about her in English-language reports was this:
I didn't realize that the Women's Gold Medal game started at 7:30 am Central.
I thought it was 9:30 am. I think I got things confused because of our base-12 hours system.
A 9:00 Sochi Start was an 11pm CST, so a 17:30 Sochi Start is 9:30.
Great Britain is doing their best to make this an anti-climactic gold medal match.
So is Brad Jacobs.
That stone to end the seventh end....oish.
This was not Murdoch's finest hour.