17-02-2018 00:40 via ottawacitizen.com

Your Olympic coverage roundup for Friday: In the face of adversity

Sports Illustrated magazine’s 2018 Winter Olympic preview tabbed the Ottawa-based team comprising Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew, Joanne Courtney and Lisa Weagle as favourites to win the gold medal in women’s curling.
That same edition also included a tidbit about a tattoo on Homan’s sliding (left) foot: Per ardua ad astra.
That’s Latin for “Through adversity to the stars,” the motto adopted when the Royal Canadian Air Force came into existence in 1924.
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