8. Politeness is required Politeness and good sportsmanship are a very important part of curling, that is known as the “Spirit of Curling.” Teams often congratulate opponents for smart strategy and good shots, while players are discouraged from trash-talking each other. In addition, conceding is also an acceptable part of
5. Curling players wear two different types of shoes While playing the game, all curling players have to wear two different types of shoes. One is called the slider, made with a Teflon sole and worn on the slide foot. It is used for sliding out of the hack in
3. Curling made its Olympic debut 74 years before becoming an official sport Curling made its Olympic debut during the 1924 Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France before being dropped for the following 1928 Olympics. After that, curling was solely held as a demonstration sport between 1932 and 1992, which
For those who don’t know much about curling, it may seem like an unusual sport due to its weird brooms and constant sweeping on ice. But why so many people around the world are attracted by its strategies and the endurance required to win? Here are top ten amazing facts
With its weird brooms and constant sweeping on ice, curling may seem like a bizarre and unusual sport. But if you know the basics of the winter sport, you can understand the reasons why so many people around the world are attracted by its strategies and the endurance required to
Curling Canada’s return-to-play guidelines during the spread of the novel coronavirus include notable alterations to sweeping and player positioning on the sheet, all part of protecting physical distancing for the 2020-21 season. The recommendations, part of a document released on Monday, have been made so that two teammates aren’t hunched
The 2020 world curling championships, canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic, will not be played at a later date. When the World Curling Federation canceled the men’s, women’s, and mixed doubles championships, it said it would be discussing potential options including rescheduling the events, including the option of playing them in
Below are some basic points of playing the sport of curling that any beginner might already be aware of, and some other points that they might not: Players who aren’t involved in sweeping or delivering the ball should stand along the sides of the sheet between the hoglines, out of
Curling is a team sport with four players on each side. The object of curling is to get the stones of your team to be closer to the target than the stones of your opponent. The target is a 30-centimeter diameter circle called the tee or button, located in the
Russian athletes were stripped of their Winter Olympic medals for being involved in doping. Alexander Krushelnitsky was stripped of the Bronze Medal after his team’s curling test result was positive for doping. “We acknowledge that the doping test results of athletes who are positive for meldonium will return the medal”,