Curling originated in Scotland during the 16th century, where the game was played on frozen marshes using stones from nearby.

Curling dates to the 1700s and was among the handful of sports at the first Winter Olympics in 1924. It didn't return until the 1998 Games with both men's and women's competition. It has grown in ...

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