"We understand how much it means, for us but also for the country," Casper says, "We want to do our best to represent everyone well, so we're definitely going to give it our all."
"Whatever you do, give it whatever you have and some days it's not enough, and that's okay," Shuster said in a TV interview immediately after losing the final match, "Everyone needs to get behind those guys," he added, urging the stadium packed with mostly Shuster fans to support Team Casper in their Olympic run."
"Curling is a game of tradition, first played centuries ago on Scottish lochs, where players slide heavy granite rocks down a sheet of ice towards a target. Its code of ethics includes the "Spirit of Curling": You don't distract your opponents, you call your own fouls, and you respect each other and the game."
John Shuster represented the U.S. in five Winter Olympics and led the only American curling gold at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. He carried the U.S. flag at the 2022 Beijing Opening Ceremony and aimed for a sixth Olympics. Shuster and his seasoned teammates lost at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials in November to 24-year-old Danny Casper and a mostly Gen-Z team: Ben Richardson, Aidan Oldenburg, and Luc Violette. The Trials came down to the final match and drew praise from U.S. fans as the best competition in years. Shuster graciously conceded and urged support for Team Casper. Curling's traditions include the "Spirit of Curling."
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