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2025.01.24 16:17 GMT+8

Explore Asian Winter Games disciplines: Curling

Updated 2025.01.24 16:17 GMT+8
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The curling mixed doubles round robin session 14 game between New Zealand and China in Gangneung, South Korea, January 31, 2024. /VCG

The curling mixed doubles round robin session 14 game between New Zealand and China in Gangneung, South Korea, January 31, 2024. /VCG

The bronze medal match between Italy and Scotland at the Men's World Curling Championship in Switzerland, April 7, 2024. /VCG

Students at a primary school in Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, participate in a curling competition, December 20, 2024. /VCG

Curling is an exciting team sport played on ice where two teams slide polished granite stones towards a target known as the "house." Often called "the roaring game" because of the rumbling sound the stones make as they glide across the ice, each team takes turns sliding their stones in alternating rounds. The goal is to get as close as possible to the center of the target.

Played on an ice sheet that's roughly 45 meters long and 5 meters wide, curling combines strategy, skill and precision. As the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin 2025 approaches, curling will be just one of the thrilling events to watch.

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