#wmdcc2023

2023 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
Semifinal, Thiesse/Dropkin (USA) vs Jones/Laing (CAN)
Fun fact: USA was best at both stealing and preventing steals (see: tinyurl.com/wmdcc2023-scoring... ).
See also: • #wmdcc2023 [SF-3E] Thi...
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0:00 "Power play time!"
0:22 Martin: "You're Jennifer Jones! One of the smartest skip ever!"
0:38 Q1: Left or Right?
Jones: "Do you like going around, or... do we want to go open side?"
Laing: "No. Let's make it around. Let's try to win!"
1:00 Regret
Jones: "That's why you go open side, eh?"
Laing: "Huh?"
Jones: "Maybe that's why we should've gone open side..."
1:11 Korey Dropkin runback triple
1:48 Cory Thiesse freeze
2:21 Q2: Draw or Hit?
Laing: "Half stone definitely hits this."
Jones: "Yeah... okay..."
Laing: " Do you like it?"
Jones: "Okay... yeah, normal..."
Laing: "Or did I talk you into it?"
Jones: "No, it's fine..."
Laing: "I'm okay with the draw too, Jen..."
2:35 Last stone
2:57 Another Regret
Jones: "I should've thrown the draw..."
Laing: "Pardon?"
Jones: "I should've just thrown the draw... I knew I'd miss..."
Laing: "We're trying to win the game, whatever shot is easier for 2 we have to play..."