The slowest sport on ice

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Curling is Cool Day is observed annually on February 23. Did you know that curling is one of the oldest team sports and was first played approximately in the late medieval period in Scotland? It is a game that combines the chilly fun of ice skating with the techniques of bowling and shuffleboard, and you can add the skill of sweeping the floor! It is a fantastic team sport built on community and friendships.

Curling is a team sport in which players slide stones using curling brooms on a rectangular sheet of ice towards a targeted area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is played by two teams with four players in each, and each side has eight stones. It is played on an ice rink that has been sprayed with water droplets that freeze into a surface called pebbled ice.

Curlers slide the curling stones, which are granite stones fitted with colored handles, over this pebbled surface. Any rotation a curler gives to the stone causes the stone to travel in a curved path — in other words, the stone curls inward or outward.

The goal of curling is to accumulate the maximum score, determined by the stone’s distance to the center of a target. Stones must at least touch the outer rim of the target to score any points.

Curling is a seemingly strange game, but a very amusing and interesting one that is loved by many. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Olympic Games, and then again after a lengthy absence in 1988 and 1992. The sport was finally added to the official program for the 1998 Games in Nagano.

Us Olympic team finals for curling are being televised this weekend on CNBC, check your listings.

 

[ebinmaine 69,812]

Always found it to be an odd but interesting skill set. 

[SylvanLakeWH 26,626]

[adsm08 2,406]

At first I thought that said "Curling day is observed manually".

[Wayne0 741]

Every day is curling day for wifey.