Edin Spinner：很幸运将0.1%的可能变为现实

Sweden's Edin makes a "one in a 1,000" game-tying spinner at world curling playdowns

Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press  Apr 5, 2023 2:00 PM

Sweden skip Niklas Edin reacts to a shot as they take on Japan at the Men's World Curling Championship in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

加拿大 - 周三，当尼克拉斯-埃丁（Niklas Edin）在瑞典对阵挪威的比赛第10局中尝试旋转投篮时，人们认为这可能是马戏团的一次表演，在TD广场听到了一些笑声。 当他真正做到的时候，喘息声夹杂着难以置信的尖叫声响了起来。 埃丁是世界男子冰壶比赛的卫冕冠军，他以一记超凡脱俗的投篮将比赛扳平，让这项运动中最老练的投石者不知所措。 "体育界有这样的时刻，有时这一刻比比赛的结果更重要，"冰壶评论员泰勒-乔治说，他在2018年赢得了奥运会金牌。 "只要我活着，我就会记住这个镜头。" 现场的其他广播员也感到惊叹。 "这太疯狂了。这是我一生中见过的最好的投篮，"拉斯-霍华德--两届世界冠军和2006年奥运会冠军--在TSN的广播中说。 1998年奥运会银牌得主迈克-哈里斯也有同样的想法。 "最佳射门，是的，"他在一条短信中说。"最富有想象力的肯定是。" 倒下了两块，看着八英尺环的一侧错开的石头，爱丁的石头像个陀螺一样旋转着顺着石板走了下来。 额外的动作使石头的卷曲程度远远超过了平时。一块正常的石头通常只旋转几圈。 "冰壶赔率师马特-霍尔（Matt Hall）说："这很容易是我在冰壶运动中见过的最令人难以置信的一击，他是2019年世界青少年冠军，拥有数学硕士学位。 "我计算了53.5次旋转，（它）在第47次旋转时接触了。" 这块石头在接近圆环时用力卷曲，在它挥舞着将挪威石块从瑞典石块上拍下之前，错过了几个守卫。 在接触之后，它滚到了八英尺的后面，并为一个扳平比分的两分球做了足够的安顿，这一点在测量中得到了确认。 埃丁说："这基本上是理论上唯一的两分球，"埃丁说。"我没有其他东西可以尝试。幸运的是，我做得很好，足以获得额外的（结束）。但我今天只是错过了太多容易的球。" 挪威队在第11局中得到一个单杆，以8比7获胜，使瑞典队在循环赛中遭遇首场失败。 乔治说，由于石头的位置不同，挑战在于如何以恰到好处的角度敲击石头，在不移动后面的石头的情况下越过顶部。 "他说："由于它的所有旋转，尼克拉斯让它在最后基本上是侧身行走，仍然有足够的重量把它推向那边，然后从它身上踢开，也留在环中。 "我的意思是，如果没有一个带有大约10支箭的望远镜，就很难解释它。只是一个非凡的时刻。" 埃丁没有为这一球命名--"直升机 "或 "旋转的陀螺 "可能是竞争者------他只是简单地称其为 "旋转者"。 "这是唯一可能的事情，"他说 "否则就是握手言和，所以不妨。" 在测量结果确认得分后，挪威球员们鼓掌表示感谢--与大楼里的几乎所有人一起。 "我们知道它就在那里，"埃丁说。"这只是非常艰难的结果。能够准确地击中那个位置是非常幸运的。" 埃丁补充说，这是你在职业生涯中可能遇到的一两次情况。 他说："我试过几次，是为了好玩，但我从来没有练习过，真正要做的时候，"他说。"对于新的纸质岩石，这可能是千分之一。"

媒体席上的广播员和世界冰壶联合会的工作人员对他们所目睹的一切感到非常惊讶。 "乔治说："我认为我们在展台上也发出了一种声音。"我不认为那是语言，那只是兴奋。你在那一刻变成了一个球迷。" 37岁的埃丁是奥运会卫冕冠军，已经连续赢得了四个世界冠军。 "你真的不期望这样，"乔治说。"但他是有史以来最伟大的。期待任何事情。" 加拿大新闻社的这篇报道于2023年4月5日首次发表。 在Twitter上关注@GregoryStrongCP。 Gregory Strong, 加拿大新闻社 ———————————————————— OTTAWA — Thinking it may have been a circus throw for show, some laughs were heard at TD Place when Niklas Edin tried a spin shot in the 10th end of Sweden's game against Norway on Wednesday. Gasps mixed with shrieks of incredulity rang out when he actually made it. Edin, the defending champion at the world men's curling playdowns, tied the game with an otherworldly shot that left the sport's most seasoned rock-throwers at a loss for words. "There's these moments in sports where sometimes the moment is bigger than the result of the game," said curling commentator Tyler George, who won Olympic gold in 2018. "I will remember that shot for as long as I live." Other broadcasters on site were also wowed. "That's insane. That's the best shot I've ever seen in my life," Russ Howard — a two-time world champ and 2006 Olympic champion — said on the TSN broadcast. Mike Harris, a 1998 Olympic silver medallist, echoed those thoughts. "Best shot, yes," he said in a text. "Most imaginative for sure." Down two and looking at a stone staggered the wrong way on the side of the eight-foot ring, Edin's rock spun like a top as it made its way down the sheet. The extra action allowed the rock to curl much more than usual. A normal stone usually rotates just a few times. "Easily the most unbelievable shot I've ever seen in curling," said curling oddsmaker Matt Hall, a 2019 world junior champ with a master's degree in mathematics. "I counted 53.5 rotations, (it) made contact on the 47th rotation."  The stone curled hard as it approached the rings, missed a couple of guards before it swung in to tap the Norwegian stone off the Swedish rock.  After making contact, it rolled to the back of the eight-foot and settled just enough for a game-tying deuce that was confirmed on a measure. "It was basically the only shot that was there theoretically for two," Edin said. "I had nothing else to try. Luckily I made it just good enough to get the extra (end). But I just missed too many easy shots today." Norway scored a single in the 11th end for an 8-7 win, handing the Swedes their first loss of round-robin play.

George said that with the rocks' positioning, the challenge was to tap the stone at just the right angle to go over the top without moving the rock behind it.  "With all the rotation it had, Niklas got it to basically walk sideways at the end, still have enough weight to push it that way and then kick off of it and stay in the rings too," he said. "I mean without a telestrator with about 10 arrows, it's tough to explain it. Just a remarkable moment." Edin didn't have a name for the shot — the 'helicopter' or 'spinning top' might be contenders — — and simply called it "a spinner."  "That was the only thing possible," he said "Otherwise it's handshakes, so might as well." The Norwegian players clapped in appreciation — along with almost everyone else in the building — after the measurement confirmed the score. "We knew it was there," Edin said. "It's just very tough to make. It's very lucky to hit that exact spot." Edin added it was a situation that you might encounter once or twice in your career. "I tried it a few times for fun but I never practised it to actually have to do it," he said. "With newly papered rocks, it's one in a thousand maybe."

The broadcasters and World Curling Federation staffers on the media bench were left abuzz at what they had witnessed. "I think a noise came out of us in the booth too," George said. "I don't think it was words, it was just excitement. You turn into a fan for a moment." The 37-year-old Edin, the reigning Olympic champion, has won four world titles in a row. "You really don't expect that," George said. "But he's the greatest ever. Expect anything." This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 5, 2023. Follow @GregoryStrongCP on Twitter.  Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press