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February 14, 2014. An ice maker pebbles the 2014 Olympic curling rink in Sochi. Rich Harmer. Let’s be honest: the fervor around curling in the 2014 Olympic Games has been mostly driven, so far ...
What is curling? Curling is a team sport, played on ice, where two teams take it in turns to slide stones made of granite towards a target – known as a House. It is an Olympic and Paralympic winter sport with medal disciplines for Women’s, Men’s, Mixed Doubles and mixed Wheelchair teams. CURLING - A 2 Minute Guide.
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rink / sheet. The "rink" or "sheet" is a rectangular area of ice, carefully prepared to be as flat and level as possible, 146 to 150 feet (45 to 46 m) in length by 14.5 to 16.5 feet (4.4 to 5.0 m) in width. The shorter borders of the "sheet" are called the backboards. Because of the elongated shape, several "sheets" may be laid out side by side ...
Curling is a game of strategy, tactics, and skill. The strategy depends on the team's skill, the opponent's skill, the conditions of the ice, the score of the game, how many ends remain and whether the team has last-stone advantage (the hammer ). A team may play an end aggressively or defensively.
The playing surface or curling sheet is a rectangular area of ice, carefully prepared to be as flat and level as possible, 146 to 150 feet in length by 14.2 to 15.7 feet in width. The shorter borders of the sheet are called the backboards. Because of the elongated shape, several sheets may be laid out side by side in the same arena, allowing ...
Apr 11, 2024 · curling, a game similar to lawn bowls but played on ice. Two teams of four players (given the titles lead, second, third, and skip) participate in a curling match. Each player slides round stones, concave on the bottom and with a handle on the top, across the ice of a rink or a natural ice field toward the tee, or button, which is a fixed mark in the centre of a circle (called the house ...
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Curling. Curling is a team sport played by two teams of either two or four players on a rectangular sheet of ice. Its nickname, "the roaring game", originates from the rumbling sound the granite stones make when they travel across the ice.
