Curling

Beijing 2022 will have three events in the curling competition with nine medals up for grabs. 20 hours agoBEIJING Feb.

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It is an Olympic and Paralympic winter sport with medal disciplines for Womens Mens Mixed Doubles and mixed Wheelchair teams.

. Traditional curling -- teams made up of men or women -- is played over 10 ends on a strip of ice -- called a sheet -- which is over 45 meters long and. Shoes should be flat soled clean and should grip the ice well for walking. 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.

Each player on two teams slides round stones across the ice toward a target called the tee or button which is a fixed mark in the center of a circle marked with concentric bands. 9 Xinhua -- China lost to traditional powerhouse Sweden 6-4 in the first session of the mens team curling at Beijing 2022 in the National Aquatics Center here Wednesday evening. Curling a game similar to lawn bowls but played on ice.

Curling is a game of strategy tactics and skill. The Swedish team skipped by Niklas Edin has won three consecutive world titles and the third Oskar. And while curling may be a slow sport its still full of skill suspense and excitement.

Many curlers wear colorful curling sweaters but any loose fitting layered clothing can be worn. Traditional curling teams are made up. The strategy depends on the teams skill the opponents 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.

Curling is one of the more unique sports at the Winter Olympics - one that involves stones brooms and a slider and gripper shoe. The object of the game is for each side to get its stones closest to the center. Curling equipment includes a specially made broom or brush clubs often furnish brooms for new curlers.

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