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About the origin of curling, as well as related videos, characters and film and television works.

Curling, also known as curling and curling, is a throwing competition on the ice with the team as the unit. The Winter Olympics includes both men's and women's events.

Curling stone originated in Scotland in the14th century, and is still preserved in Scotland at the age of 15 1 1.

1795, the first curling club was established in Scotland. 1838, the first formal competition rules were formulated by the Scottish curling club.

Curling was introduced to Canada from 1807, and became popular in the United States and other places from 1820. Since then, curling as a winter sport has gradually developed in Europe and North America.

At the beginning of the 20th century, with the efforts of Canadian curling enthusiasts, the rules and methods of this sport were improved, and gradually moved from outdoor to indoor, and the first national curling competition was held in 1927. The first world curling championship started at 1959, formerly known as Scotch Whisky Cup, 1968 was renamed Canadian Silver Broom Championship, and 1986 was officially named world curling championship.

From 65438 to 0955, curling was introduced to Asia and became very popular in Japan and South Korea.

Curling first appeared in the Olympic Games as a performance event from 65438 to 0924. 1966 The plenary session of the International Curling Federation was established, and 199 1 was changed to the World Curling Federation, which was recognized by the International Olympic Committee. Curling on ice has been listed as a performance item in the Winter Olympics for six times: 1924, 1932, 1936, 1964, 1968 and 1992. 1993, the IOC decided to include curling as an official event of the Winter Olympics from 1998. In Asia, curling has been listed as an official competition since the 5th Asian Winter Games.

Team Name: China Women's Curling Team

Team leader: Li Dongyan

Coach: daniel rafael (Canada)

Captain: Wang (fourth base)

Team members: Yue (second base), Liu Yin (third base), (first base), Liu Jinli (substitute),

Best result: 2009 women's curling world champion.