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The object of the game is to score more goals than the opponent. Goals are scored by hitting the ball into the opponent's net using a traditional broom [2] or the more conventional paddle-shaped stick designed for the sport. Tactics and plays are similar to those used in sports such as ice hockey, roller hockey and floorball.
Since the sport's official addition in the 1998 Olympics, Canada has dominated the sport with their men's teams winning gold in 2006, 2010, and 2014, and silver in 1998 and 2002. The women's team won gold in 1998 and 2014, a silver in 2010, and a bronze in 2002 and 2006. The mixed doubles team won gold in 2018.
The sport was finally added to the official program for the 1998 Games in Nagano. Until 2018, only men's and women's events were contested. An additional event, mixed doubles , was rejected for 2010 because the Olympic Programme Commission felt it had not developed enough, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] but was approved for the 2018 Winter Olympics at an IOC ...
Explore the sport of curling before the Beijing 2022 Olympics in this 3D augmented reality experience.
The 2024 Paris Olympics will introduce fresh faces competing in some brand new sports this summer. Breaking, commonly referred to as break dancing, and kayak cross will make Olympic debuts in ...
Breaking, the newest Olympic sport, will take place at La Concorde and will share the area with 3x3 basketball, skateboarding and freestyle BMX. Construction work begins in April at the Urban Park ...
A team sport which involves sliding granite stones on ice and sweeping in front of them with brooms to direct them to desired placements Curling club Synonymous with club Curling pin A participation souvenir, generally worn on a sweater; there is a sub-culture at any major bonspiel built around trading pins.
As Paris passes the torch to Los Angeles as the host of the 2028 Summer Olympics, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has already adjusted the event schedule. In 2023, the IOC approved ...