Curling will be on the center stage at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Here’s everything you need to know about the sports’ origins.
Curling sprouted from Scotland back in the 16th century. The sport started with stones, weighing in at 44-pounds each, that were designed from granite and mined from specific quarries in the Northern UK region. Once they combined the stones with ice, rules and teams, the sport was born.
The pastime eventually entered Canada and the United States as a popular “country club” sport, often pairing with tennis or golf. , Team USA captain, calls it, “chess on ice,” consists of two teams, four players per team, on a rectangular surface. The ice is 42.07m long and 4.28m wide and there are targets on each end of the rink. And interestingly enough, the ice is not solely smooth.
Based on results from PyeongChang, it’s safe to say that the countries we should look out for this year are Sweden, Canada and the U.S.. Those three nations received a gold medal during the games. Other contenders to keep an eye on are Switzerland, South Korea, Japan and Norway, as each received either a silver or bronze medal in 2018.
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