The skipper of the ‘Miracurl on Ice’ curling team was cut from Team USA after Sochi so he lost 35 pounds, formed his own team of ‘rejects,’ and won gold

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• Team USA won an improbable gold medal in men’s curling with a “Miracurl on Ice” win over Sweden in the gold medal match.
• The team of “rejects” was led by John Shuster who had been cut by USA Curling after a disappointing performance in Sochi in 2014.
• Shuster rededicated himself to the sport and formed a team with other players rejected by USA Curling and beat their own replacements along the way.

Team USA’s men’s curling team shocked the world on Saturday when they completed a comeback from their struggles early in the Olympics to beat Sweden, 10-7, and win the first curling gold for the United States.

But the “Miracurl on Ice,” as it is being called, may have never happened if USA Curling had their way.

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