GANGNEUNG, South Korea (AP) — John Shuster was already a three-time Olympian and the most successful American curler in history when he applied for the U.S. high performance program after the Sochi Games.
He didn't make the cut.
So Shuster approached a couple of the other spurned candidates about putting together a foursome of their own.
"He said, 'Hey, let's form our own Team of Rejects and see what we can do,'" U.S. second Matt Hamilton said.
And here is what they did: They won the U.S. championship, beating those selected instead of them, to force their way into the program that directs funding to teams with the best chance of success.