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the only Olympic sport where you furiously sweep the floor toward glory
means A sport in which players slide heavy polished stones across a sheet of ice toward a target area, while teammates sweep the ice with brooms to control the stone's speed and direction.
from From the verb "curl" — because the stone follows a gently curving, curling path across the ice rather than travelling straight. The game grew up on the frozen ponds of Scotland, where it was being played by the 16th century; "curl" itself is a Germanic-rooted word, related to old words for something twisted or coiled, a cousin of the curls in your hair.
- origin
- Born on frozen Scottish ponds in the 1500s
- the stones
- Made from rare granite found on one Scottish island
- sweeping science
- Brushing melts ice, steering the stone's path
- nickname
- Called 'chess on ice' for its strategy
- polite sport
- Players traditionally concede before losing is certain
for instance
scotties tournament of hearts — canada's premier women's curling championship, running since 1927