Player's Own Voice podcast: Canadian curler Lisa Weagle is ready for anything in Beijing
5th member of Jennifer Jones' powerhouse crew 'ticks' all the boxes
Here's how life works for Lisa Weagle, a curler at the pinnacle of the sport: sometimes she's the lead, and an undisputed force in that capacity, and sometimes she's an alternate, as she happens to be for Jennifer Jones' team at the Beijing Olympics.
For Weagle, there is no difference in the approach or commitment, whichever role she lands.
The fifth member of Jones' powerhouse crew, along with
t the closing ceremony at Pyeongchang, I looked around and noticed how few athletes actually had medals, and I felt like such a failure. But looking around, I was like, 'I don't think they're all failures, so why am I putting that on myself?'
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Like the CBC Sports' Player's Own Voice essay series, POV podcast lets athletes speak to Canadians about issues from a personal perspective.
A transcript is available for our hard of hearing audience. To listen to Lisa Weagle orany of the guests from earlier episodes, and more Canadian athletes throughout the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, head to CBC Listen — or wherever you get your podcasts.
