US Olympic Gold Medal-Winning Curling Team Inaugurates New Chicago Rooftop Curling Rink

Nws muaj kev ruaj ntseg hais tias curling nyob rau hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas yeej tsis tau zoo ib yam txij li xyoo 2018 - thiab ib lub tsev tshiab Chicago ru tsev curling rink, thawj qhov hauv nroog, qhia txog kev ua kis las loj hlob.

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Shuster, coj los ntawm 40-xyoo-laus curling qub qub John Shuster, tau txais US nws thawj Olympic kub puav pheej nyob rau hauv curling. Shuster tau yog ib feem ntawm Pete Fenson pab pawg uas tau txais bronze ntawm 2006 Lub Caij Ntuj Sov Olympics, thiab tom qab ntawd nws tau tsim nws pab pawg.

Shuster thiab nws pab neeg-Chris Plys (Tsib peb), Matt Hamilton (thib ob), John Landsteiner (Lead) thiab Colin Hufman (Lwm yam)-tau ua ib qho tseem ceeb hauv kev loj hlob curling qhov chaw hauv Asmeskas

Yog li nws tsuas yog haum uas Shuster, Hamilton, Plys thiab Hufman tau nyob ntawm tes lub lim tiam dhau los ua kev zoo siab rau kev qhib pob zeb pov, lub tswv yim tshiab ru tsev curling ntawm lub tsev so Emily (qhov qub Ace tsev so chaw) hauv Chicago.

Tau ntau xyoo Fulton Market qhov chaw ua haujlwm ua haujlwm sab nraum zoov uas yuav ua kev tshoob kos thiab lwm yam xwm txheej. Thaum tus tsim tawm Onni Group tau dhau lub Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj nrog Emily, pab pawg pib rov xav txog qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm qhov chaw.

Nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no, Emily tau ntxiv qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm qhov kev ua yeeb yaj kiab qhib-cua Rooftop Cinema Club lub tswv yim, uas tau kos ntau dua 27,000 tus neeg ua yeeb yaj kiab mus rau Emily lub tsib-plaub terrace thaum lub caij ntuj sov.

Thaum pab neeg pib xav txog qhov kev muab lub caij ntuj no rau ntawm qhov chaw sab nraum zoov tuaj yeem zoo li, lub tswv yim curling tsis yog tawm ntawm sab laug.

Onni Group, yog nyob rau hauv Canada, lub tsev rau ib tug thriving curling scene. Thiab kev ua si nawv muaj cov hauv paus hniav muaj zog hauv Midwest; tag nrho ntawm Pab Pawg Shuster, uas yog nyob hauv Duluth, Minnesota, hails los ntawm cheeb tsam; Shuster yog los ntawm Chisholm, Minnesota; Hamilton yog los ntawm Madison, Wisconsin; Plys yog los ntawm Duluth thiab Hufman tam sim no nyob hauv Minneapolis, Minnesota, txawm tias nws yug hauv Alaska.

Stone's Throw boasts plaub lub tsev hais plaub curling thiab ob lub yurts uas cov qhua tuaj yeem txaus siab rau lub caij ntuj no dej haus thiab '80s-themed zaub mov thiab khoom noj txom ncauj. Nws yuav qhib thoob plaws lub caij ntuj no, nrog cov cua sov hauv ob qho tib si yurts thiab txhua qhov kawg ntawm curling rinks. Lub curling nto tsis yog dej khov tiag tiag, thiab curlers tsis ncaj nraim rau nws los pov lawv cov pob zeb, yog li nrhiav cov khau tsim nyog tsis yog qhov teeb meem.

Qhov kev paub dhau los tuaj yeem raug booked ntawm Tock, nrog rau tus nqi ntawm ib-teev curling reservation rau ob tug neeg yog $60 thiab $110 rau plaub tus neeg. Qiv tag nrho lub ru tsev rau ib teev, tag nrho plaub lub rinks, yog $400. Txhua qhov kev tshwj tseg suav nrog ib tus neeg laus haus ib yam nkaus, thiab cov qhua yuav tsum muaj 21 xyoos lossis laus dua tuaj koom.

"Peb txaus siab rau txhua tus neeg tuaj tawm thiab ua kev zoo siab rau qhov kev tshwm sim no," Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Emily Zoltan Payerli tau hais. "Peb xav tias nws yog ib txoj hauv kev zoo los thawb txoj hauv kev lom zem kom sov so hauv txoj kev nquag nyob rau lub caij ntuj no peb tab tom yuav pib."

Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Khoom Noj thiab Dej Haus Billy Caruso tau hais ntxiv tias qhov kev cia siab yog cov qhua yuav nyob ntawm qhov chaw tom qab lawv tuaj yeem noj mov ntawm ib qho ntawm Emily ob lub tsev noj mov, Selva thiab Fora.

Shuster tau hais tias nws pab neeg "dhia ntawm lub sijhawm" los koom nrog kev qhib pob zeb pov thiab pab txhawb kev ua kis las hauv thaj chaw metro xws li Chicago.

"Dab tsi tshwm sim nyob rau hmo no, qhov tseeb tias lub zog uas peb tau txais los ntawm kev tshaj tawm xov tooj cua ntxiv ntawm peb cov kev ua si thaum lub caij Olympic thiab ntawm xyoo Olympic - lub ntiaj teb kev sib tw tam sim no tau tshaj tawm hauv lub tebchaws - curling tau tshwm sim hauv thaj chaw loj metro hauv lub teb chaws thiab lub ru tsev curling patio tuaj yeem yog ib yam, "Shutter hais rau kuv.

Shuster tau lees paub tias, tau kawg, kev teeb tsa ntawm Pob Zeb Pov tsis yog phau ntawv kawm curling. Thiab tseem…. "Kev nthuav tawm tib neeg rau peb cov kev ua si ... qhov no yog qhov curling yog: koj sib tw ntawm cov dej khov thiab kev sib koom ua ke ntawm cov dej khov yog qee qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws ntawm peb cov kev ua si," Shuster hais.

“Qhov chaw no ntes qhov ntawd thiab me ntsis ntawm qhov nws zoo li. Muaj peb lub club [curling] ntawm no hauv Chicago metro cheeb tsam, thiab cov neeg tuaj yeem ua si tiag tiag curling uas peb ua si txhua hnub thiab. Yog tias qhov no tuaj yeem txhawb qhov ntawd thiab curling feem ntau, nws tsuas yog txaus pom. "

Thaum Shuster yog ib feem ntawm pab pawg neeg tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm 2006 Games, nws paub tias curling qhov profile tuaj yeem loj hlob. Hailing los ntawm ib lub zej zog curling hauv Minnesota, Shuster txiv yog ib tug curler, thiab nws loj hlob ib pab neeg uas tau dhau los ua tus qauv kub rau curlers thoob plaws lub tebchaws.

Tab sis Pab Pawg Shuster tau ntsib nws txoj kev nyuaj siab, ua rau 2018 Olympics thiab txawm tias thaum lawv. Nco ntsoov tias Shuster thiab nws cov neeg coob tau muaj plaub qhov kev poob qis los pib ua si ib puag ncig ua ntej ua tiav 5-4 txhawm rau nce mus rau semifinals, qhov chaw lawv yeej Canada tus Kevin Koe thiab tom qab ntawd, hauv kev sib tw kub, Niklas Edin pab pawg sawv cev rau Sweden los yeej. Teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas thawj zaug Olympic kub hauv curling.

Ib tus neeg Asmeskas curler saib Pab Pawg Shuster qhov kev sib tw kub dhau los ntawm 2018 Games? Tsis muaj lwm yam tshaj li Plys, uas nyob hauv Heath McCormick pab pawg uas poob rau Pab Pawg Shuster hauv qhov zoo tshaj plaws ntawm peb qhov kev sim ua ntej ntawm 2018 Games.

"Raws li qee tus neeg uas tsis tau yeej ib qho khoom plig kub, saib qhov lawv tau ua hauv '18, nyuaj npaum li nws nyob ntawm cov ntsiab lus ntawm tus kheej vim li cas tsuas yog nyob ze, nws kuj tau lees paub, pom tseeb rau lawv, tab sis nws kuj tseem siv tau. rau peb tus so uas tau muab peb lub neej rau hauv qhov kev ua si no, "Plys hais rau kuv. "Vim koj paub tias kab lis kev cai thiab qib kev ua si uas Asmeskas tau los yog ib yam uas tau muab sijhawm rau peb lub tebchaws mus thiab ua cov kauj ruam tom ntej."

Txhua tus tswv cuab ntawm Pab Pawg Shuster npaj los sim kom tsim nyog rau 2026 Games. (Nyob ntawm Beijing 2022, Shuster tau ua tus chij ntawm lub rooj sib tham qhib ntawm Beijing Games, tab sis tus tiv thaiv tus yeej kub tau ua tiav thib plaub tom qab poob rau Canada hauv kev sib tw ua si.)

Tab sis qhov kev nrhiav yog ntau tshaj li cov khoom plig kub. Lub hom phiaj tam sim no yog tib yam li nws tau ua rau Shuster xyoo 2006 - tsa qhov profile ntawm curling hauv lub tebchaws thiab tej zaum yuav ua rau yav tom ntej, US curlers tuaj yeem txhawb nqa lawv tus kheej los ntawm kev ua kis las.

"Ib zaug peb yeej ib tug bronze nyob rau hauv '06 thiab kuv nyob nrog kev ua si nawv nws yog hais txog kev sim xyuas seb peb puas yuav tau txais peb cov kev ua si nawv mus rau qhov chaw uas ib tug neeg yuav ua tau ib txoj hauj lwm," Shuster hais. "Txij li thaum peb yeej xyoo 2018, kuv yuav luag tau mus txog qhov ntawd vim tias peb yeej, tab sis pab pawg tom ntej tuaj yeem muaj qhov ntawd yog lawv txoj haujlwm ua ntej lawv yeej ib qho Olympic kub?"

“Peb tau los ze; tus naj npawb ntawm curlers nyob rau hauv peb lub teb chaws tau loj hlob exponentially thiab peb cov kev pab them nqi TV tau loj hlob exponentially thiab peb muaj cov neeg txhawb nqa uas muaj siab dawb siab zoo rau peb. "

Tsis zoo li lwm lub tebchaws, Pab Pawg Tebchaws USA tsis tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm tsoomfwv lossis los ntawm cov nyiaj se; nws tso siab rau kev sib koom tes thiab nrhiav nyiaj txiag. Cov nyiaj no, xws li cov nyiaj tau los ntawm kev koom tes nrog cov neeg txhawb nqa xws li Columbia thiab Toyota, tau faib rau txhua lub tebchaws tswj hwm (NGB); Hauv qhov no, USA Curling.

Pab Pawg Shuster tseem muaj nws txoj kev koom tes nrog cov neeg txhawb nqa Allianz thiab lub tuam txhab muab khoom curling hu ua Hardline raws li tawm ntawm Montreal. Qhov kev txhawb nqa no pab nrog kev mus ncig thiab khoom siv, tab sis tsis yog nrog them cov nqi.

"Koj yuav tsum muaj lwm txoj haujlwm hauv peb cov kis las yog tias koj xav pab txhawb rau koj tsev neeg cov kab hauv qab," Shuster hais. "Colin tus kws tshaj lij, Chris yog tus muag khoom noj khoom haus, Matt yog nyob rau hauv xov tooj cua lag luam. Rau kuv, kuv qhov nyiaj pab tsis tau muaj kuv cov menyuam nyob hauv tsev zov me nyuam; Kuv nyob hauv tsev nrog kuv cov menyuam thaum kuv tsis mus."

Tab sis xyoo 2018 kub puav pheej yeej yog ib qho kev kawm zoo tshaj plaws hauv qhov khoom plig Olympic tuaj yeem nce curling's - thiab curler's-profile.

Hamilton hais tias, "Tom qab 2018, muaj lub hwj txwv thiab txhua yam, Kuv yeej tau txais lub vibe uas kuv tau ua lub npe rau kuv tus kheej," Hamilton hais tias, uas nws lub hwj txwv thiab lub siab nyiam yog qhov tseeb ntawm ntau lub meme thiab tsab xov xwm. "Tab sis kuv yuav tsis muaj lub cib fim ntawd yog tsis muaj kuv cov phooj ywg."

Txog qhov kawg, ib yam dab tsi uas Pab Pawg Shuster tau tsim yog txoj cai uas txhua tus neeg ncaws 20 feem pua ​​​​ntawm nws tus kheej cov nyiaj tau los txhawb nqa rov qab rau pab pawg.

Shuster tau hais tias "Ib yam uas peb paub feem ntau yog peb pab pawg chemistry thiab peb txoj kev sib txuas lus thiab peb txhua tus ua haujlwm ua ke," Shuster hais. "Peb ua qhov ntawd ib txwm nyob ntawm cov dej khov, tab sis nyob rau hauv txoj kev uas peb ua tawm ntawm cov dej khov, koj pom peb txhua tus nyob ntawm no ua ke, ntawm qhov xwm txheej zoo li no, uas peb muaj nyob rau hauv dej khov, tawm ntawm dej khov, txawm tias kev lag luam. tawm ntawm cov dej khov cia li ua rau nws yog li thaum peb nyob rau hauv dej khov peb yog qhov ntau dua ntawm chav sib koom ua ke, qhov ntau ntawm lub zog hauv peb cov kev ua si. "

Thiab yog li thaum xauj ib lub tsev hais plaub ntawm Stone's Throw tej zaum yuav yog ib qho kev lom zem hmo ntuj tawm, nws kuj yuav tig ib tug neeg mus rau kev ua si nawv uas tom qab ntawd koom nrog Chicago-cheeb tsam club. Tej zaum lub club tau dhau los ua Pab Pawg Shuster tom ntej thiab yeej ib qho khoom plig Olympic hauv kab.

Nws yog dab tsi Shuster, Hamilton, Plys thiab Hufman kev cia siab tuaj yeem tshwm sim thaum lawv mus rau cov xwm txheej curling xws li cov no thiab sim qhia tib neeg tias kev lom zem thiab txiaj ntsig kev ua si yuav ua li cas.

Hufman tau hais tias "Xav tawm ib yam zoo dua li thaum koj pom tias nws txhawb nqa," Hufman hais.