One doesn’t normally associate pressure with curling -- oh sure, placement, guarding and furious sweeping are crucial to a team’s success -- but the husband of Canadian women’s team skip Rachel Homan was experiencing plenty of anguish during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea.
What better way to calm your nerves than to have a beer or two? Or, three or four?
Even if it’s 9 a.m.
As Homan tried to lift Canada back into medal contention against Japan -- the women's team is in sixth place after Monday's competition -- Shawn Germain was seen hoisting beers and heading back to the concession stand for refills, SB Nation reported.
“You can judge all you want,” Germain tweeted. “The stress level is high, I’m not a drunk, I’m just Canadian.”
Germain knows about athletic competition, having competed as a hockey player in the ECHL. He missed the end of Canada’s match against Japan because he was fetching more beers, SB Nation reported.
Canada’s 8-3 victory against second-place Japan was a big win and kept the team’s medal hopes alive.
If the Canadians reach the medal round, the stakes will be higher and nerves will be taut.
One can only wonder how Germain will react. It could be a stressful day for people from the Great White North, but they remain supportive.
