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Curling was included in the program of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games in 1924 in Chamonix [1] although the results of that competition were not considered official by the International Olympic Committee until 2006. Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Games, and then again after a lengthy absence in 1988 and 1992.
Curling at the Youth Olympic Games 2012 Curling pictogram. Curling has been a medal sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics. It currently includes men's, women's, and mixed doubles tournaments (the mixed doubles event was held for the first time in 2018). [28]
The medalists in the women's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Left to right: Canada (silver), Sweden (gold) and China (bronze). Curling is a team sport that is contested at the Winter Olympic Games. A men's tournament was held at the 1924 Winter Olympics before the sport was removed from the official programme until the 1998 Games. [1]
The medal was won by a team of Scottish curlers at the 1924 Games in Chamonix, France.
The curling event at the 1924 Winter Olympics was contested only by men. It was the first curling event in Olympic history. In February 2006, a few days before the start of the 2006 Winter Olympics, the International Olympic Committee ruled that the curling medals were part of the official Olympic programme in 1924, and not a demonstration event as many authoritative sources had previously ...
In the 2006 Turin Winter Olympics the men's team earned bronze under the guidance of skip Pete Fenson. [25] Most recently, at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, skip John Shuster's team won the gold medal. [2] John Shuster and Joe Polo were on the medal winning team both years. Curling was a demonstration event at the 1988 and 1992 Winter ...
Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre: 6,000 [7] 2014 Sochi: Ice Cube Curling Center: 3,000 [8] 2018 Pyeongchang: Gangneung Curling Centre: 3,500 [9] 2022 Beijing: Beijing National Aquatics Center: 4,598 2026 Milan — Cortina d'Ampezzo: Stadio Olimpico Del Ghiaccio: 7,000 2030 French Alps: Palais Nikaïa: 4,600 2034 Salt Lake City-Utah: The Ice ...
Sandra Marie Schmirler SOM (June 11, 1963 – March 2, 2000) was a Canadian curler who captured three Canadian Curling Championships (Scott Tournament of Hearts) and three World Curling Championships. [2] Schmirler also skipped (captained) her Canadian team to a gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the first year women's curling was a medal ...