2023 02 17 ———————————————————— 奧運瑞典人成為加拿大冰壺教練 尼王在不列顛哥倫比亞省坎盧普斯市參加了為期一周的加拿大女子冰壺比賽。 瑞典的多個世界和奧運會冠軍跳板Niklas Edin將全神貫注地關(guān)注幾小時后的加拿大女子冠軍賽?，F(xiàn)場和親身體驗。事實上，他將坐在板凳后面，穿著不列顛哥倫比亞省的制服。 向溫哥華隊的教練Clancy Grandy問好，他們將在周五晚上在Sandman中心舉行的Scotties紅心錦標(biāo)賽的首輪比賽中與愛德華王子島隊交手。 "我在很久以前就認(rèn)識克蘭西，那時候他們曾經(jīng)打過很多大滿貫賽，"埃丁說。 "他們就問我，對我來說，在我受傷之后，做一下教練是個好時機。" 的確...... "我只是問問，"格蘭迪笑著說。 愛丁在秋天因半月板撕裂而倒下，并錯過了當(dāng)前冰壺賽季的大部分時間，正在從緊急手術(shù)中休養(yǎng)。他的團隊在沒有他的情況下堅持了一段時間，甚至玩起了三人游戲，"Gushueing "了許多對手。 埃丁說，他計劃研究圍繞戰(zhàn)術(shù)的細(xì)節(jié)，"以及如何對待比賽，特別是在賽事初期，以（保持）冷靜"。 埃丁出現(xiàn)在加拿大首屈一指的女子冰壺比賽中，是在蘇格蘭的大衛(wèi)-默多克被從英國冰壺協(xié)會撬走并將接管加拿大冰壺協(xié)會的國家高性能項目的重磅消息公布后的幾周。 在從事術(shù)后理療期間，埃丁還嘗試了電視評論，在厄斯特松德舉行的歐洲錦標(biāo)賽上擔(dān)任世界冰壺錦標(biāo)賽的電視分析師。 "在媒體方面肯定有很多好處，"埃丁告訴世界冰壺聯(lián)合會。"壞處是不能參加比賽，不能在冰上比賽，這很無奈。 "知道我不能參加這項活動，這是一個非常好的機會，可以坐在這里。你得到了一個很好的視野，坐在完美的位置上看比賽，然后跟著這里的所有比賽，整個活動期間，真的很好。" 現(xiàn)在埃丁將在坎盧普斯的一個不同的護民官上，承擔(dān)不同的責(zé)任。也就是說，幫助格蘭蒂的球隊進入冠軍池，并希望在七天后進入季后賽。 Edin已經(jīng)正式取代Katie Witt成為教練，而Witt則轉(zhuǎn)為候補。兩人將在不列顛哥倫比亞省的比賽后面并排坐著。 冠軍池將標(biāo)志著不列顛哥倫比亞省首次有機會與馬尼托巴省的詹妮弗-瓊斯比賽，后者有一位自己的（加拿大）男子冰壺超級明星擔(dān)任球隊教練。 ———————————————————— Olympic Swede A Canadian curling coach King Nik is in for a week of Canuck women’s curling in Kamloops, B.C.

Niklas Edin, Sweden’s multiple world and Olympic champion skip, will be paying rapt attention to a Canadian women’s championship game a few hours from now. Live and in-person. In fact, he’ll be seated behind the bench, wearing a British Columbia uniform. Say hello to the coach of Vancouver’s Team Clancy Grandy, who will battle Prince Edward Island in their opening round match of the Scotties Tournament of Hearts Friday night at the Sandman Centre. “I know Clancy from way back, back when they used to play a lot of the Slams,” said Edin.? “And they just asked me, and it was good timing for me to coach a little bit, after my injury.” Indeed … “I just asked,” said Grandy, laughing. Edin went down with a torn meniscus back in the fall, and missed a big swath of the current curling season recuperating from emergency surgery. His team soldiered on without him for a while, even playing three-man and?

“Gushueing” numerous opponents

. Edin said he planned to look into details around tactics, “and how to approach the game, especially early in the event, to (keep them) calm.” Edin’s presence at Canada’s premiere women’s curling event comes weeks after?

the bombshell announcement

that Scotland’s David Murdoch had been pried away from British Curling and will take over Curling Canada’s national high performance program. While engaged in post-operational physiotherapy, Edin also experimented with television commentary, serving as a World Curling TV analyst at the European championships held in ?stersund. “Being on the media side definitely has a lot of upsides,” Edin told the World Curling Federation. “The downside is not being able to play and to be on the ice—that’s a bummer. “Knowing I couldn’t play this event, it was a really good opportunity to sit up here. You get a great view, sitting in the perfect spot to see the game and then following along with all the games here, all event long, is really nice.” Now Edin will be on a different tribune in Kamloops, with different responsibilities. Namely, help get Grandy’s squad into the championship pool and hopefully the playoffs, seven days from now. Edin has officially replaced Katie Witt as coach, with Witt shifting to alternate position. The two will be seated side-by-side behind the B.C. games. The championship pool would mark B.C.’s first chance to play against Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones, who has a (Canadian) men’s curling superstar of her own on board as team coach.