Le joueur de curling Mike McEwen a effectué plusieurs lancers impressionnants au fil des ans, mais celui qu’il nous a réservé pour le concours d’habiletés de la Coupe Continentale, vendredi dernier, est peut-être son plus spectaculaire en carrière.
Avec une seule pierre à lancer, McEwen affichait un retard de 6 points. N’ayant plus rien à perdre, il a décidé d’ajouter une touche de fantaisie à sa manœuvre.
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Résultat : un coup parfait dont les amateurs de curling vont assurément parler pendant longtemps.
Cet article initialement publié sur le Huffington Post Canada a été traduit de l’anglais.
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 17: Jaavard Vad Petersson, Thomas Ulsrud and Christoffer Svae of Norway competes against Denmark during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin on day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 17: Thomas Ulsrud of Norway competes against Denmark during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin on day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 17: Haavard Vad Petersson and teammate Christoffer Svae of Norway compete against Denmark during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin on day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 17: Torger Nergaard of Norway competes against Denmark during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin on day ten of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 17, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)
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Denmark\'s Rasmus Stjerne (R) shouts instructions to his sweepers during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 12 match against Norway at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in Sochi on February 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Christoffer Svae throws the stone during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 12 match against Denmark at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in Sochi on February 17, 2014. AFP PHOTO/YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 16: Torger Nergaard of Norway releases the stone during the Curling Men\'s Round Robin match between Great Britain and Norway on day 9 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 16, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Christoffer Svae trows the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 10 against Great Britain at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Haavard Vad Petersson trows the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 10 against Great Britain at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 16, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 16: Torger Nergaard and Haavard Vad Petersson of Norway in action during the Curling Men\'s Round Robin match between Great Britain and Norway on day 9 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 16, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 7 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 7 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 7 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 14: Athlete Thomas Ulsrud of Norway competes in the men\'s round robin session against Canada during day seven of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 14, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Haavard Vad Petersson throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 8 against China at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC (Photo credit should read ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 7 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 6 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s team members wear their official paints displaying national colours as they warm up before the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 6 game Norway vs Sweden at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 6 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud (C) watches the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 6 at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 13: A Norwegian curler prepares for a throw during the Curling Round Robin matches during day six of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Torger Nergaard throws the stone during the Men\'s Curling Round Robin Session 6 between Norway and Sweden at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 13, 2014. AFP PHOTO / DAMIEN MEYER (Photo credit should read DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: Haavard Vad Petersson and Torger Nergaard of Norway compete in the Curling Men\'s Round Robin match between Norway and Germany during day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud (C) throws the stone while his teammates Haavard Vad Petersson (L) and John Christoffer Svae (R) sweep during the 2014 Sochi winter olympics men\'s curling round robin session 4 match against Switzerland at the Ice Cube curling centre in Sochi on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: Torger Nergaard of Norway slides with the stone during Curling Men\'s Round Robin match between Norway and Germany during day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 10: Thomas Ulsrud of Norway in action during the round robin match against USA during day 3 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 10, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Christoffer Svae throws the stone during the men\'s curling round robin session 2 match between Norway and USA at the Ice Cube curling centre in Sochi on February 10, 2014 during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. AFP PHOTO/YURI KADOBNOV (Photo credit should read YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Thomas Ulsrud attends a Men\'s Curling Training Session at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 9, 2014 in Sochi. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Norway\'s Haavard Vad Petersson attends a Men\'s Curling Training Session at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 9, 2014 in Sochi. AFP PHOTO / JUNG YEON-JE (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)