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2010 Olympic Games:Curling
By: Lisa Feldman
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Terms Used
• Hogged: When a rock is removed from play.• Delivery: The sliding of the rock.• End: One round of all the players sliding
their rocks.• Burning: Touching a stone that is in play.• Hammer: The last stone to be thrown.• Blank End: Avoiding scoring to keep the
hammer for the next round.• Stealing: Scoring without the hammer.• Tee: The inner circle of the target (ultimate
objective.)
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How It’s Played
• There are 2 teams of 4 players.• Players take turns sliding 2 heavy rocks
(per player) across a large, rectangular piece of ice.
• Players try to slide the stone and make it onto the inner circle of the target at the other end.
• Two other players follow the rock to sweep it’s path so that nothing gets in its way.
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How It’s Played
• At the end of each round (when all eight players have thrown their 2 stones) the score is added up.
• The team with the least amount of points earns the hammer for the next end.
• The game goes 10 ends. If there is a tie at the end of the game, more ends are played until someone wins or a team forfeits.
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Equipment Needed
• The Broom– Also called the
“Brush”– Used to sweep the ice
surface in front of the stone.
– Melts the ice for smooth and straight movement.
– Cleans debris that would affects movement of the stone.
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Equipment Needed
• Curling Stone– Circular in shape
with a handle and bolt attached.
– Maximum circumference of 36 inches.
– Minimum height of 4.5 inches.
– Handle allows stone to be gripped and rotated upon release.
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Equipment Needed
• Shoes– Have a slider on the
bottom that creates friction so the player doesn’t slide on the ice.
– Mostly made of leather and vinyl.
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How It’s Won• The score is counted
after each end.• Only stones partially
or completely within the outer ring of the target can be scored.
• The team with a stone closest to the tee wins that end and gets 1 point for each stone that is closer to the center than any of the opposing teams.
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Training For The Olympics• Most athletes compete
every other weekend in the off-season.
• They practice 1-2 times a week with their team.
• There is individual training with a coach, which happens 5-6 times a week, to practice technique and the directional control of the stone.
• Players also lift weights daily and throw up to 100 rocks a day to stay in shape.
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Participants
• Men’s – Canada– China– Denmark– France– Germany– Great Britain– Norway– Sweden– Switzerland– United States
• Women’s– Canada– China– Denmark– Germany– Great Britain– Japan– Russia– Sweden– Switzerland– United States
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Participants
• Some of the players from Team USA include:–Men’s John Benton and John Shuster–Women’s Allison Pottinger, Nick
Joraanstad, and Debbie McCormack
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Who To Watch For
• Americans John Shuster and Debbie McCormack
• China’s Wang Bingyu (women’s)• Scotland’s David Murdoch• Norway’s Thomas Ulsruyd
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Expected to Win
• Men’s:– Canada– Great Britain– Germany
• Women’s:– Canada– China– Denmark
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Winners!
• Gold Medal:• Silver Medal:• Bronze Medal:
• Upsets:
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• "Curling." Wikipedia. Web. 11 Jan. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling#Equipment>.
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• "Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics." Wikipedia. Web. 11 Jan. 2010. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/curling_at_the_2010_winter_olympics>.