Canada has turned to Scotland\u0027s David Murdoch as high performance director as it looks to return to the top of the Olympic curling podium
“I think it really just shows how global the sport of curling is getting,” said Murdoch, who guided Great Britain to gold and silver medals at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games in Beijing.
It is believed by many Canadian curlers that the nation needs to start adopting some of the practices employed by countries such as Sweden and Scotland, in order to keep up. Sometimes it’s important to take a little step back, review what we have and there’s going to be some ideas that are transferable from what I’ve done and some of the philosophies that I’ve seen.“I do,” he said. “That’s part of creating a world-class program.
Working with Own the Podium, the organization developed a profile of what it was looking for in a candidate, sought approval from the Athletes’ Council and senior staff, and talked at length about where they might find such an ideal applicant.
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