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Curling
Curling (also known as Kurling in Europe, and sometimes referred to curling as 'chess on ice'), is a technical sport played by two teams of four players on a rectangular sheet ice with large heavy, polished granite stones. The teams take turns sliding the stones down the ice towards the target. Two sweepers with brooms also accompany each stone to help direct them. The aim is to get the stone to stop in 'the house', a target at the end of the ice track. Basically, the team with the most points in the match wins, with a point awarded for every stone closer than the other team's best effort.
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In 2010, It will be the fifth time that Curling is on the Olympic program. It has been held previously in 1924, 1998, 2002 and 2006.
Related Pages
- more Winter Olympics Sports
- Winter Olympics main page.
- Curling is also listed as an unusual and weird sport
