How was the men's olympic team in curling chosen in Canada ?
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The best ranked teams within Canada are invited to a round-robin tournament where they play each other. The best 3 or 4 teams after the series then play down and the team that wins that play-down is then the nation's team for the Olympics.
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Gold: Canada\nSilver: Sweden\nBronze: USA
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2006 Russian Olympic Men's Hockey roster\n\nThe following are the players selected to participate\nfor Russia at the 2006 Winter Olympics:\n\nForwards\n========\n\nName                   Ht   Wt       DOB\n----                   --   --       ---\n\nMaxim Afinogenov     5-10  174    9/4/79\nPavel Datsyuk        5-10  189   7/20/78\nAlexander Frolov      6-2  213   6/19/82\nAlexander Kharitonov  5-8  176   3/30/76\ny-Alexander Korolyuk  5-9  190   1/15/76\nIlya Kovalchuk        6-2  205   4/15/83\nAlexei Kovalev       5-11  185    4/2/66\nViktor Kozlov        5-10  178    5/3/72\nEvgeni Malkin         6-3  178   7/31/86\nAlexander Ovechkin    6-1  200   9/17/85\nMaxim Sushinsky       5-7  176    7/1/74\nAlexei Yashin         6-5  209   11/5/73\n\nDefensemen\n==========\n\nName                  Ht    Wt       DOB\n----                  --    --       ---\n\nSergei Gonchar       6-1   209   4/13/74\nDarius Kasparaitis  5-10   207  10/16/72\nz-Denis Kulyash      6-2   205   5/31/83\nAndrei Markov       5-10   182  12/20/78\nDanny Markov         6-0   194   7/30/76\nFedor Tyutin         6-2   196   7/19/83\nAnton Volchenkov     6-0   220   2/25/82\nAlexei Zhitnik      5-10   202  10/10/72\n\nGoaltenders\n===========\n\nName                  Ht    Wt       DOB\n----                  --    --       ---\n\nIlya Bryzgalov      5-11   194   6/22/80\nEvgeni Nabokov      5-10   178   7/25/75\nx-Maxim Sokolov     5-11   172   5/27/72\n\nCoach: Vladimir Krikunov\nAssistant Coaches: Boris Mikhailov, Sergei Nemchinov, Vladimir Yurzinov\n\n\nx - injury replacement for Nikolai Khabibulin\ny - injury replacement for Alexei Zhamnov\nz - injury replacement for Dmitri Bykov
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Yes it should and don't criticize it just because you don't understand it. Curling is very popular in many parts of the world, just not so big in the USA. But it was one of the best attended sports at the Turin games, averaging over 90 percent of stadium capacity for every single round. It was also pretty much the only sport to have every match shown on US television, even if it was buried on an smaller cable network instead of the main NBC feed.
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Mmm, bowling as a sport in the Summer Olympics. Well, it's in the Commonwealth Games and as you point out curling is simply bowling on ice. Hello, idea forming. In answer: You'd have to contact the people bidding for 2016 and ask them.
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Canada.  \n\nA Short History of Lacrosse in Canada\nLacrosse, which the Native People of North America knew under many different names such as Baggataway or Tewaarathon, played a significant role in the community and religious life of tribes across the continent for untold years.  Its origin lost in the antiquity of myth, Lacrosse remains a notable contribution of the Native culture to modern Canadian society. Native Lacrosse was characterized by a deeply spiritual involvement, and those who took part did so with dedicated spirit and with the highest ideals of bringing glory to themselves and their tribes, and honour to the participants and the tribes to which they belonged. \n\nIn the 1840s the first games of Lacrosse were played between the townsfolk and the Native People. Though it was many years before any significant wins were logged against the Natives, the game of Lacrosse was quickly winning the loyalty and interest of the newest North Americans.  Lacrosse was named Canada's National Game by Parliament in 1859. In 1867 the Montreal Lacrosse Club, headed by Dr. George Beers, organized a conference in Kingston in order to create a national body whose purpose would be to govern the sport throughout the newly formed country. The National Lacrosse Association became the first national sport governing body in North America dedicated to the governance of a sport, the standardization of rules and competition, and the running of national championships to promote good fellowship and unity across the country. The unforgettable motto of the organization was:\n\n"OUR COUNTRY - OUR GAME"
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The quick answer- The Game is played between two four-member teams who use stones with different colored handles. Each game consists of ten ends, which are similar to innings in baseball. During an end, each team member alternates throwing stones toward a circular target area, called the house, the center of which is approximately 93 feet away. Only one team scores points per end. The team with their stones closest to the center of the target area, called the button, gets one point for each stone between the button and the opposing teams nearest stone. After each end is completed, play is switched to the house at the other end of the sheet. \n\n===============\nRules of Curling \nThe following link will take you to informative websites with in-depth discussions on the rules of curling:\n\nCurling Rules - World and Canadian curling rules, including animated descriptions of various curling techniques \n\nCurling Fundamentals - Simple discussions of curling fundamentals for delivery, sweeping, and strategy. \n \nhttp://www.curldc.org/about/rules.php
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i don't know, but curling is awesome!!\ngood luck finding a place!
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I think tennis and golf are the most boring.  Maybe that's just because I've never heard of curling.  What's curling?
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Curling is a new sport that is coming. I think it is very exciting and  would like to play. I think it is alot differnet then other sports (AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING NOW IF YOU HAVE PROBLEM WIT IT TO BAD FOR U.) (JK) (JUST KIDDING)
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Canada are definitely the favourites but they're not playing well. Keep a close eye on Russia, Sweden and Finland. The US team looks very suspect to me. The Czechs actually lost to Switzerland today, amazing! But if you're looking for a dark horse team, it's Slovakia.
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Did you ever watch curling?
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Men\nGold: Canada\nSilver:Finland\nBronze: US\n\nWomen\nGold: Sweden\nSilver: Switzerland\nBronze: Canada
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There are ten members of the US Olympic Team in Turin resident in Alaska. They are:\n\nAlan Alborn; Anchorage, Alaska; Skiing-Jumping\nLars Flora; Anchorage, Alaska; Skiing-Cross Country\nKikkan Randall; Anchorage, Alaska; Skiing-Cross Country\nJessica Schultz; Anchorage, Alaska; Curling\nJames Southam; Anchorage, Alaska; Skiing-Cross Country\nRachel Steer; Anchorage, Alaska; Biathlon\nJeremy Teela; Anchorage, Alaska; Biathlon\nPam Dreyer; Eagle River, Alaska; Ice Hockey\nRosey Fletcher; Girdwood, Alaska; Snowboarding\nJay Hakkinen; Kasilof, Alaska; Biathlon
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Men's gold was Canada, silver was Finland, bronze was USA, Great Britain came in 4th.  Women's gold was Sweden, silver was Switzerland and bronze was Canada.  Norway came in 4th.  Hope that helps!
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What does this have to do with curling?
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Curling is a winter version of shuffleboard. It has two targets on both sides of a stretch of ice in which teams try to get their "Stones" closer to the center then the other teams.\nFor more detailed information go to the site listed below, be sure to read the introduction and also the section entitled "Basics of the Game"