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Australian Curling Federation > Blog > Posts > Australian Men Miss Olympics by 0.5 Points
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16/04/2009After 3 years of playing and competing internationally with the single goal of Olympic qualification for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver …we missed by ½ a point. See the chart below of the standings at the conclusion of this year’s World Championships. The top 10 countries are heading to Vancouver, and we are in 11th. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics 
While we are disappointed, we are very proud of our International achievements over the past few years including: - 2 Pacific Championships Gold Medals
- 4 straight World Championship appearances
- 6th Place in the World Championships last year
- Medals in the past 2 Karuizawa Winter Festival tournaments
We are now looking forward to this years National Championships to be held in New Zealand, and hopefully qualifying us for representation at the New Zealand Winter Games and the Pacific Championships. Thank you to everybody who encouraged and supported us over the past few years in a variety of ways, most importantly to our wives and families who had to sacrifice the most while we trained and competed overseas. Cheers
<Ian Palangio> |
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