Why is Curling a sport much less and Olympic event?
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I think because anything classified as a sporting event it requires a certain degree of athleticism, skill, practice, dedication, and (in the case of team sports) team-work; add in an opportunity to test your levels against others to find out who is best and you have a sporting event(you mentioned NASCAR in your question details... driving a car in a big circle for a couple of hours doesn't require much athleticism either, but it is still considered a sport, right?)\n\nNow why it is considered an Olympic event... well, it is a sport with growing popularity in many countries that participate in the Olympics (Canada, many of the northern European countries, and a growing fan-base in the northern United States), and the Olympics have been a fairground for countries to show off new and/or unusual sporting events from around the world (Ice Dancing... the poor-man's figure skating OR "I'm just doing this until Disney-on-Ice calls me in for an interview!").  Some of the events catch on and become world-wide phenomenons, others fizzle and die.\n\n<Added>I added athleticism to the list of skills needed because there is a degree of athleticism to curling that you don't find in other strategy games (chess, for example). I mean, watch the curlers in the Olympics. They are running around on ICE for Pete's sake! Any time I step on ice I fall on my... personality... but these guys are running up and down the ice as if they were walking in the grass! And it isn't just the shoes they wear. I saw a documentary on the U.S. Olympic curling team and they showed people trying to do it and they were falling all over the place.
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Yes.\n\nCurling is a precision team sport similar to bowls or bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of prepared ice by two teams of four players each, using heavy polished granite stones which they slide down the ice towards a target area called the house. Points are scored for the number of stones that a team has closer to the center of the target than the closest of the other team's stones. The level of precision and complex nature of the strategic thinking required to win has led curling to be referred to as "chess on ice."
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The two sports were kicked out of the Olympics, unwanted by international sports officials who felt they were too American for the world sports stage.\n\nThe decision, made during a secret vote in Singapore, is effective for the 2012 London Games, meaning the two sports will have a final fling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sports, the first eliminated since polo in 1936, are eligible to reapply for the 2016 Games.\n\nEach of the 28 existing sports was put to a secret vote by the IOC, and baseball and softball were the only two that failed to receive a majority. The IOC then rejected adding squash and karate, which failed to get the necessary two-thirds approval. Softball reportedly was only one vote short of 50% needed to remain.\n\nIOC officials were unhappy about the absence of major leaguers. The NBA has sent its best players since 1992 and the NHL stopped its season for 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.\n\nSo, basically the IOC wants to blame MLB for not disrupting their season so major leaguers can play in the games.  But who knows for sure. I think the ballot should be made public, but it won't happen...to think, we'll have EXCITING sports like Archery, Badminton, BMX racing, Canoeing, Equestrian, Field hockey, Team Handball, Open water swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, and Table Tennis, but no softball/baseball...utter BS....
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WWE IS ALSO NOT IN OLYMPICS.\n\nTHE VERY SAME REASON WHY CRICKET IS NOT INCLUDED IN OLYMPICS.
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The two sports were kicked out of the Olympics, unwanted by international sports officials who felt they were too American for the world sports stage.\n\nThe decision, made during a secret vote in Singapore, is effective for the 2012 London Games, meaning the two sports will have a final fling at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The sports, the first eliminated since polo in 1936, are eligible to reapply for the 2016 Games.\n\nEach of the 28 existing sports was put to a secret vote by the IOC, and baseball and softball were the only two that failed to receive a majority. The IOC then rejected adding squash and karate, which failed to get the necessary two-thirds approval. Softball reportedly was only one vote short of 50% needed to remain.\n\nIOC officials were unhappy about the absence of major leaguers. The NBA has sent its best players since 1992 and the NHL stopped its season for 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics.\n\nSo, basically the IOC wants to blame MLB for not disrupting their season so major leaguers can play in the games. But who knows for sure. I think the ballot should be made public, but it won't happen...to think, we'll have EXCITING sports like Archery, Badminton, BMX racing, Canoeing, Equestrian, Field hockey, Team Handball, Open water swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Modern Pentathlon, and Table Tennis, but no softball/baseball...utter BS....
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What does this have to do with curling?
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before you ask about curling you should ask about chess. Yes they are both sports... and to be honest if you dont know the rules or you arent playing they turn out to be the most boring sports ever
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i guess ppl don't consider bowling as a sport becuz it doesn't consume as much energy as other "real" sports do... but to me, bowling IS a sport.  sometimes it makes me panth!  haha.. if they consider shooting pool, or poker is a sport, i don't see why they hav to exclude bowling.  it just takes as much skill, focus, endurance, as other sports!
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no, the winter olympics contain sports that have to do wih the winter, basketball is a summer event.
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Don't forget to choose the best answer.\nWe are real people answering real questions with real answers so please show your appreciation by choosing the best answer! \n\nWhat's curling?
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Luge and Bobsledding.\nThey do not have men's pairs dancing, and curling is 3 men.
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For some people I can see how it would spoil the results.  But if you're a true fan of the Olympics then it doesn't matter.  It's unfortunate that they can't be held on our continent every time but there are other people in the world besides Americans. (That may shock some of you to learn!)  But we can all look forward to the next winter olympics that will be held in Canada.
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It was  due to the fact that besides USA, and a few other countries, baseball is not played in any other countries. Furthermore, baseball was constantley one of the poorest attended sports when it came to the Olympics, Equestraian got more of an audiance than baseball.
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Really, no wonder people think that the world is heading in the wrong direction! The Winter Olympics are the biggest sporting festival in the world, second only to the Summer Games. How can you be so darn negative?
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Curling is a very strategic sport. It's not like bowling where you can just wing the ball down and hope it hits something. If you throw it too hard it will go through and if you throw it too soft it will not make it. It's also a lot of work. It looks easy on TV, but sweeping a rock can make you very tired.
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Haha, honestly I think these Olympics have been pretty boring and "eventless", but here are a few things that happened...\n\nShaun White dominated snowboarding...some ski coach got in a car crash or sumthing...Canadian womens hockey team won gold and allowed like only 2 goals the whole tourny.....gretchen bleiler is mad hott....this lady in luge crashed and blanked out.....that skier Bode guy didnt win a medal yet....and that one Jakobellis girl screwed up on the last jump in the snowboard x and ended up getting silver
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It's like chess. Easy to learn, but not so easy to master. Getting used to sliding on the ice and learning to sweep are the hardest parts. Just finished my first year. Very addicting once you try it. If you are interested in finding a place to curl next season, try the USA Curling website. If you're not in the US, there's a link on the website to the International Curling Federation that may be able to help you find your national association.