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Kleibrink on brink of Olympic returnsocialcomments News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City8c Tomorrow1c Flurries or rain showers Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Kleibrink on brink of Olympic returnLast Updated Saturday December 12 2009 1231 AM ET By Jesse Campigotto CBC Sports Shannon Kleibrink second from left celebrates with teammates Bronwen Webster Amy Nixon and Chelsey Bell (Nathan DenetteCanadian Press)Shannon Kleibrink is one victory away from silencing her criticsThe Calgary skip tagged a fluke by some when she won the right to represent Canada at the 2006 Olympics moved within a victory of heading back to the Winter Games by overpowering Krista McCarville in Fridays semifinal at the Canadian curling trials in EdmontonKleibrink blew up a deadlocked game in the eighth end taking advantage of a pair of botched shots by her opponent to score a whopping five that compelled McCarville to concede a 105 victoryWhat a seesaw affair what a crazy gong show Kleibrinks trusty third Amy Nixon said after the win Kristas team they play allin and they were allin in that end and they finally got caught on itMcCarville whod tied the match in the previous end with a nice double takeout to score three ran out of gas after winning two tiebreakers earlier in the day to get to the semifinalKleibrink who settled for the bronze medal at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and has never won a Tournament of Hearts will face fellow Calgarian Cheryl Bernard on Saturday night for the opportunity to represent Canada in VancouverBernard earned a direct berth in the final by winning the round robin with a 61 record that included an 85 victory over Kleibrink earlier this weekThe good news is that somebody from Calgarys going to the Olympics Kleibrink said How exciting is thatThe mens semifinal goes Saturday pitting Glenn Howard against Jeff Stoughton for the right to face twotime reigning Brier champion Kevin Martin in the final LICENSE EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK RelatedInternal LinksPHOTO GALLERY Canadian Curling Trials McCarville survives tiebreaker gauntlet Martin beats Howard to reach mens final Curling HeadlinesTop ...