What is "Curling"?Is it included in the Olympics?
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Curling originated in the 16th century in Scotland, where games were played during winter on frozen ponds, lochs and marshes. The earliest-known curling stones came from the Scottish regions of Stirling and Perth and date back to 1511. The earliest reports of curling came from Paisley Abbey, Scotland, in 1541. In the early days of the sport, stones were taken from river bottoms. In the 1600s, stones with handles were introduced, allowing a delivery style similar to what is used today.\n\nThe key developments in the sport in the 20th century have been the standardisation of the stone and the use of indoor, refrigerated ice facilities.\n\nCurling for men was included in the programme in 1924.
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The game originated in Scotland and was brought to Canada probably in the 1500's.\n\nIt is probably called curling because the rocks curl when you deliver them by putting either an in turn or out turn on the rocks handle as you release it from your hand. They are made of granite form Scotland and weigh 40 pounds.\n\nIt's all very weight and ice sensitive  as to the amount the rock will curl.\n\nGenerally speaking the softer you release(throw) the rock the more it will curl and the faster you release it the less it will curl.\n\nYou are pushing forward with your back leg from the hack and sliding on your front foot(opposite leg) which has a slider on the sole.\n\nIt's all too complicated to answer properly in a short amount of time but it is a fun game and can be played by most people at varying degrees of skill.
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Hey there,\nIf you are interested, just call the closest curling club and tell them that you are interested in trying curling out. Usually the club manager is the person who you should ask to talk to. They're usually more than happy to come in and let you try it, and answer any questions. The link below lists the curling clubs for MN :)\n\nhttp://www.goodcurling.net/basics/U.S.%20clubs/minnesota.html
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The game was probably invented in late medieval Scotland, with the first written reference to a contest using stones on ice coming from the records of Paisley Abbey, Renfrewshire, in February, 1541. Two paintings (both dated 1565 [1]) by Pieter Brueghel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling (Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf).\n\nThe word curling first appears in print in 1620 in Perth, Scotland, in the preface and the verses of a poem by Henry Adamson.
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it is. it's a mentally and physically exhausting ordeal. trust me if curling can be considered a sport than hands down motorsports are grueling and are definitely a sport.
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darn, you took my answer, it's definitely curling!!!
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Bowling isn't a common enough sport? Come on....pluh-eez. \n\nIf they have a category for curling for crying out loud, they should have a category for bowling. I've always thought that was ridiculous.
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Curling is a game of skill, where the aim is to throw a stone close to a point. It is similar to bowls, but on ice.
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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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Curling is a lot like bowling, but on ice.  So what made bowling more popular?  BEER!  And there's your answer.
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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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The U.S. had both a Men's and Women's curling team in the 2002 Winter Olympics.\n\nYou can find their names and brief bios at:\n\nhttp://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/olympics/2002/uscurling_bios/
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The Olympics games were not originally an international competition, they were held with in Greece.  They used to be male only competitions, and the men had to compete naked to prove they were male after a woman competed and beat some men somewhere back in history before they had to do it nude.\nThere are many more sports in the modern olympics than there were in the classic games, tho there are some that remain, mainly athletic events such as javelin, discus, jumps and running events.\nDuring the classical period the olympic movement did not have the same ideals as the modern one, and there were no winter olympics.\nThe 5 interlocking rings is a new symbol, though there was a torch in the classical period.\nThe games from classical greece were held to honour the gods, now they are used to spread a message about good sportsmanship and international co-operation.\nRules have become rationalised in the modern olympics, no doubt in the classic games the final decision was made by an important official, probably with a few favourites....
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It was an Exhibition Sport in the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In 1992 and 1996, a modern bowling facility was installed in the Athletes' Village at Barcelona and Atlanta where champion bowlers conducted exhibitions, competed, and offered instructional sessions for the benefit of Olympic athletes.\n\nhttp://www.ten-pinbowling.com/about_TenPinBowling.htm
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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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The curling stone or rock used in the game weighs a maximum of 44 lbs. (19.96 kg) and is fitted with a handle on top allowing it to be rotated as it is released.\n\nThe Scots in particular believe that the best quality curling stones are made from a specific type of granite called "Ailsite", found on the Ailsa Craig, an island off the Ayrshire coast. Most curling stones are made from this granite. Because of the particular rarity of Ailsite, costs for curling stones can reach as much as $500 (CAD).
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It looks retarded lmao. I got drunk during the Olympics whn curling was on, WTH are they curling? lol they look like morons.