China mines Canadian curling expertise ahead of 2022 Winter Games
China is serious about winning Olympic curling medals on home ice in 2022, and the country has enlisted a bunch of Canadians to help.
China has recruited Canadian expertise before, but the size of current intake is eyebrow-raising. Mike Harris, Dan Rafael, Carolyn Darbyshire-McRorie and Perry Marshall are all coaching the Chinese this season.
Calgary’s Darbyshire-McRorie, who won an Olympic silver medal in 2010 playing second for Cheryl Bernard, is working with four of China’s top women’s teams.
Montreal’s Rafael is coaching in the men’s national program. Toronto’s Marshall is involved in the junior ranks.