German skip breaks leg, Canadian Robillard to sub
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This article was published 17/03/2012 (5243 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Canadian-born Melanie Robillard rode to the rescue for a German curling team suddenly missing their veteran skip.
When world champion Andrea Schoepp broke her leg downhill skiing last Saturday, the call went out to her former teammate Robillard in Madrid, Spain.
Could she join the Germans in time for the women’s world championship, starting today in Lethbridge, Alta.?
“Pretty eventful,” Robillard said Friday at the Enmax Centre. “I wasn’t expecting it.
“I got a call on Saturday saying Andrea had been injured and if I would be able to go with them. I’m working in Spain right now, and I had to somehow try and convince my bosses to let me go. I actually found out (I could) Monday morning when they told me it was OK.”
The Germans decided Thursday Robillard will skip and throw third stones. Imogen Oona Lehmann will throw fourth stones. Corinna Scholz plays second and Stella Heiss is the lead.
Robillard, 29, whose mother is German, was born in Sussex, N.B., and grew up in Ottawa. She joined Schoepp’s team in 2008. She was Schoepp’s third when they won the gold medal at the 2010 world championship in Swift Current, Sask.
— The Canadian Press
