Curling has been a Olympic sport since 1998. It started in Scotland in the medieval times. Curling can be played by woman or men. Curling has a few nicknames, such as Chest on Ice or The Roaring Game. In 2006 Curling also became a Paralympic sport, were athletes play in wheelchairs.
The object of the game is to get a big heavy stone called a curling stone, to the other end of the lane and into a target, your points depend on where on the target your curling stone lands.
There are 4 players in a team, but only 3 are curling at once. One player pushes the ball at the start and then there are 2 sweepers that sweep the ice to guide the curling stone down the lane and onto the target. Each team gets 8 stones each.
The equipment you use in Curling are 2 brooms called curling brooms. The stone is a curling stone and you have to wear special shoes called curling shoes witch I think are to stop you from sliding
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