Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrink
Shannon Kleibrinkis a Canadian curler from Okotoks, Alberta. She and her team of third Amy Nixon, second Glenys Bakker, lead Christine Keshen and alternate Sandra Jenkins represented Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. They won a bronze medal...
fight sit swept time
She had to sit every time she swept hard. It was a big fight for her just to be in the game.
affect entire food goodness husband infection lasted several spectators thank time
Amy, Christine, my husband and several spectators all got really sick. It didn't affect me, thank goodness. We don't think it was food poisoning. It was a bacterial infection that lasted the entire time we played.
difficult lucky
We got a little lucky in the first end and it was difficult for them to come back from there.
amy decided five match players
We like to get five players in the match when we can, so we decided to give Amy a little break.
laugh
One of those things we'll be able to laugh about in 20 years.
bad four great surprised worked
I was surprised at getting four in the first. It worked out really great for us and really bad for them.
club plain playing struggled
I was disappointed in the way I played, but I'd have been disappointed if I was playing in a women's club match. I don't think I struggled because of the pressure. I just plain struggled.
bronze brought feels finally glad gold weeks
Having had the two weeks we've had, the bronze feels like gold to us. I'm so glad we finally brought our 'A' game.
bought forgot
We've already been there and bought blow-dryers. We forgot them.
ice love picks struggled throw today weight
We struggled with our weight all game. The ice was perfect. I love the ice here. We've had two picks all tournament. Today we just didn't throw right.
chance four sit talk trying
We haven't had a chance to sit down and talk about that. I know I'm going to be trying but I don't know if it will be the four of us or what.
battle beginning goal reach
It's been tough, it's been a battle ... At the beginning our goal was to reach the semi-finals, now it is getting to the final.
early gets hold ice might straight team ways
It's a long ways back on straight ice if the other team gets deuce early on you. When you've got hammer, you want to hold them to one. Then you might have a chance.
destiny nice relief teams
It's nice to have our own destiny now, but there's really no relief because all these teams out here are pretty equal.