Cancer No Obstacle

IQALUIT -- B.C. lead Anita Cochrane would have preferred to be on the ice instead of in the stands when we played her team at the Arnaitok Arena in Iqaluit at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Wednesday night.

The fact that she is here competing at this event at all, however, is truly inspiring.
Cochrane has incurable cancer, but was determined not to miss out on her first national curling championship.

"It was never an option for me not to come here," said Cochrane, 37, who is joined in Iqaluit by her parents, who flew in all the way from Australia.

Cochrane adjusted her chemotherapy schedule before coming, taking an extra week off so she would have enough energy to compete. She played in seven of B.C.'s first nine games. Sphere: Related Content