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Eve Muirhead

"Curling can’t sweep equipment issue under the carpet"

I don’t want it to sound like sour grapes but you could make an argument that we were beaten by better fabric on the pads of our brushes. Unfortunately for our sport, equipment has become a big issue again. There were teams whose brushes and pads allowed them to make shots that were impossible for us to make or follow.They were able to direct the stone and slow it down in a way that just shouldn’t be possible.Curling isn’t like Formula One. It’s not been about who has the best equipment. A Tweet from one of the Norwegian team competing in the men’s Worlds next week summed it up pretty well. He said: ”We’re off to the world carving championships."....That says it all, I’m afraid.