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00837_Field_wt12.txt.txt
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The sport of curling dates back at
least four centuries to Scotland, but
its origins beyond that are obscure.
While it was played at the first
Winter Olympics in 1924, it was
dropped as a regular event.
Curling has been a demonstration
sport at seven Olympics, and in
1998, it is being reintroduced as an
official Olympic event in Nagano,
Japan.
Scottish immigrants brought the
sport with them to Canada, where
it is enjoyed today by at least a half
a million active players. The object
of the game is to slide a 42-44
pound granite stone across the ice
towards fixed targets. It is a team
sport, with four members on each
team. While one team member
slides the stone, others use
brooms to smooth the ice and help
direct the stones to the "tee" or
fixed target. The object of the
game is to place more stones at the
"tee" than the opponent.