One of Scotland's most successful exports to Canada, curling has proven to be highly transportable to wintry climes, but Canadians have embraced it over the years as their own. The long list of Canadian champions includes the first women's Olympic curling champion, Sandra Schmirler. |
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Maybe it's because the world's best curlers have day jobs, don't cut imposing athletic figures and are known for having fun on the ice sheet that some still question whether curling is worthy of its Olympic status. As such, curling may be the most misunderstood of Winter Olympic sports. Find out what puts curlers in a league of their when it comes to strategy, precision, skill, agility and sheer opportunism.
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Hog line: A line 10m out from the hack. There are two hog lines, one at each end. Stones must cross the far hog line to be in play. Curlers must release their stones before it touches the near hog line.
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