How to do curling in the Winter Olympics? What are the rules?

Curling is a sport that originated in Scotland in the16th century. It was originally played with curling stones on frozen canals, lakes and ponds. Over time, it developed, including the use of standard stones (38-44 pounds) and the transfer to indoor facilities.

Curling has recently become the focus of attention. There will be men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions in this year's Olympic Games, which will give the audience more opportunities to watch one of the oldest team sports in the world.

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1. During the competition, there are 4 players in each team, and each player throws the pot twice in each game. After throwing the pot, athletes can wipe the ice for sports curling. The two sides played a one-on-one game in the order of first base, second base, third base and fourth base. Two teams * * * throw one game 16 pots. After the last pot was thrown, the pot near the center of the base camp scored and played 10. The person who scored more points won.

2. When a team member throws a pot, two local team members hold brushes and quickly brush the ice around in front of the curling slide, so that curling can reach the center of the camp accurately. At the same time, in order to keep curling away from the center of the circle, the opposing team members can also sweep the ice in front of curling.

3. When the player throws the pot, he squats down, pushes the ice pedal forward forcefully on the pedal device to make his body slide forward in a kneeling position, and pushes the pot forward from the center of home plate with his hands. When he reached the avant-garde line, he let go of curling and let it slide to the center of the camp in a straight line or arc. While the curling team is trying to slide the curling towards the center of the camp, they can also knock the other curling out of the camp or knock their own curling into the center of the camp under the command of the main players.

Law of brushing ice

The ice brush of the pot thrower can make any moving Curling brush ice for himself between the two centerlines. But after the center line, only one player of each team can be his own Curling brush Bing, and only the fourth base can be the Curling brush Bing of the other team.

Scoring rules

The team with curling in the house and closest to the center of the round base scores. Each curling in the team's round base is closer to the center of the circle than all curling opponents, and one point can be scored. Before moving curling, the two teams should know the score.

Measurement rule

If two curling teams belonging to different teams can't determine which one is closer to the center of the circle, unless the other curling team is closer to the center of the circle, the game will be considered as no score.