Training day in Calgary.

Thursday's programme is marked by training. The first one is taken as the official pre-event training and consists of four 12-minute slots on individual lanes. 48 minutes in total. First, however, we have to move into the hall. Control of our movements is omnipresent, so the local security, represented by a sixty-four-year-old Lebanese man, warns us that in addition to taking the necessary temperature readings and recording the readings on a mobile app, we must use a scan of our accreditation card to check out of the hotel and then check in at the lobby. The transit time between the facilities is monitored, so we can forget about taking a break or exploring the immediate area. The hall, 700 metres as the crow flies, is part of the sports complex where the 1988 Winter Olympics were held. The renovated interior of the hockey hall features ceiling-mounted wooden glulam trusses, which create an indoor environment that is more cozy than it tends to be at regular ice rinks. The temperature at the ice is noticeably higher than we are used to, we will have to adjust our clothing a bit for the game. The ice is still fresh, slow, with a spin of almost six feet. But it's clear that this is proper competition ice, which we need to monitor and evaluate regularly so we can adjust the use of our skills to the conditions. We know that the stones were groomed just before the World Championships, and therefore, together with the immature ice, they show these characteristics. All of this will still have an evolution. The TV crew took the first photos of the teams to complement the graphics of the broadcasts and this is how it suited our women. See photos.