If you think winning an olympic gold medal is cool, how about winning an Olympic gold medal and then getting a street and a highway named after you! That's what's happening for Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue and his team. A new subdivision in St. John's will have a main road called "Gold Medal Road", with five streets branching off of it named in honor of the five members: Brad Gushue, Mark Nichols, Russ Howard, Jamie Korab, and Mike Adam. In addition to these streets being named after them, Premier Danny Williams announced that the team will also have a newly constructed highway named in their honor.
But wait! That's not all! The five members of the team, and coach Toby MacDonald, are all being nominated for the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador. Williams also announced plans to establish an annual scholarship under the Premier's Athletic Awards. And while Brad Gushue and the team sat around the Cabinet Table, Williams also indicated a separate initiative will take place in Labrador.
Man, who would've known that being a curler would get you so much attention? The irony here, that the five most hard-core curlers on the planet, a species that a couple months ago were shunned by most people, are now local heros and the most popular people in recent memory.
But, don't forget... as Jamie pointed out, the key to their victory was that guard in the fourth end.
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