More non-mainstream sports

Congratulations to Beckie Scott and Sara Renner for winning gold and bronze in the cross-country skiing World Cup race in Vernon yesterday (Scott also came 2nd the day before), looking good for next week's World Cup races in Canmore Alberta (I wanted to go but something else came up), and also looking good for the Olympics. Maybe this time Beckie will get the experience of actually standing on the gold-medal podium at the Olympics instead of having to wait a few years before doping disqualifications gave her the gold medal.

And way to go, Brad Gushue and team for winning the curling Olympic trials. Obviously it was a good decision to add the experienced Russ Howard (pretty much twice their age as Gushue's only 25) to the team, and great to see that they can get along and work together well despite the age difference. Congratulations to Shannon Kleibrink of Calgary as well for winning on the women's side.