Shannon Kleibrink News

Coming third in the Canadian Winter Olympics qualifier is not stopping a local curler from trying again.

The sleep patterns varied. But rest assured, nobody slept soundly. That's what happens when you wake up Saturday morning as a curler and go to bed early Sunday morning as an Olympian.

The emotional voice on the other end of the cellphone summed it up perfectly. "Kinda crappy," Dawn Askin, the lead for Manitoba's Jennifer Jones said, choking out her words as she was admittedly on the edge of tears.

Calgary skip Cheryl Bernard, middle, says she can't wait to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver in nine weeks.

Winning skips Cheryl Bernard and Kevin Martin share a moment after Martin after defeated Glenn Howard 7-3 to win the 2009 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials mena TMs final in Edmonton on Sunday.

Joan McCusker has been there and has the gold medal to prove she has done that in women's curling at the Winter Olympics.

Cheryl Bernard gets a kiss from her third Susan O'Connor after their rink defeated Shannon Kleibrink 7-6 on Saturday to win the right to represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Cheryl Bernard has punched her ticket to the Olympics in Vancouver, but it won't be an easy ride.

More than $1.2 million has or will be distributed among Canadaa TMs elite curling teams from various programs under the Canadian Curling Associationa TMs National Team program.

Cheryl Bernard will represent Canadian women's curling at the Vancouver Olympics.

The woman who represented Canadian curling at the Turin Olympics is one win away from doing the same in Vancouver.

Krista McCarville will now advance to today's second tiebreaker against Amber Holland.

Jennifer Jones has as famous a face as any curler in the world. The photogenic blonde world champion from Winnipeg has had more commercials running on television these last four years than all the men combined.

Crystal Webster held her little girl Maya in her arms before the two-year-old wriggled free to investigate things away from the sheets of curling ice at Rexall Place.

BATTLE OF SASKATCHEWAN: The crowd at the Canadian Olympic curling trials had a little something extra to cheer about Tuesday as Stefanie Lawton and Amber Holland squared off in a battle of Saskatchewan rinks.

Glenn Howard and Cheryl Bernard have clinched at minimum spots in tiebreakers at the Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings Olympic curling trials.

Kelly Scott delivers a rock during the final of the Sandra Schmirler classic Monday September 28, 2009 in Regina.

Friday's storm through Western Canada caused some concern for local organizers of the Roar of the Rings Canadian Olympic curling trials.

PUPPY LOVE: There have been a few raised eyebrows at the Canadian Olympic curling trials regarding skip Jason Gunnlaugson and Amy Nixon, the third for Olympic bronze medallist Shannon Kleibrink.

When Calgarya s Cheryl Bernard walks into the lobby of the downtown Westin hotel in Edmonton this morning, shea ll see her name atop a Tim Hortons Olympic Curling Trials standings board located near the elevator.