BEIJING — The biggest Australia curling fan here wears Canada’s colors. His name is John Morris, and he is a two-time Olympic gold medalist who is trying to earn his third this month at the Ice Cube. But when he’s not pursuing his own goal, he’s celebrating Australia's Tahli Gill and Dean Hewitt for achieving theirs.
“I think it was really inspiring to see that young athletes with a dream to go to the Olympics, who had a long way to go, were able to reach their full potential,” says Morris, 43.
Maybe not their full potential: After a 7–3 loss to Italy on Saturday, Gill and Hewitt are winless in seven games, putting them in last place in the mixed doubles tournament with two games left.