Curling also known as the roaring game due to the sound this big ol rock makes as it goes rumbling along the ice is where two teams of four use a type of broom to slide a 44 pound rounded stone toward a circle on the icy playing surface this circle is known as the house indoor tournaments have water sprinkled on the ice surface which freeze into tiny bumps called pebbled ice.
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The men s tournament was introduced at the 1920 summer olympics and was transferred permanently to the winter olympic games program in 1924 in france.
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Winter olympics have been hosted by eleven different countries from three continents since its inception.
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Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles.
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Sandra schmirler along with teammates went down in history by claiming the first gold medal for canada.
The 15 sport disciplines of the winter olympics are categorized into three main categories.
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It is related to bowls boules and shuffleboard two teams each with four players take turns sliding heavy polished granite stones also called rocks across the ice curling sheet toward the house a circular target marked on the ice.
The winter olympics is a sporting event that takes place every four years always two years after the summer olympic games.
At the nanago 1998 winter games women s curling was included in the olympic program for the first time.
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The canadians claimed the olympic tilte by triumphing 7 5 over the danish team who settled for the silver medal.
The olympic games were originally intended for amateur athletes.
The list of sports at the pyeongchang winter olympics has not changed since skeleton was added in 2002.
Davis who is the proud winner of a gold silver and bronze olympic medals in ice dancing also won the mirrorball trophy when she competed with maksim chmerkovskiy on season 18.
The women s tournament was first held at the 1998 winter olympics.
Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1920.
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