petangisarnane veeremäng jääl, milles kumbki võistkond püüab libistada käepidemega kivi (max 20 kg raskune) jääle joonistatud ringidest „märklaua“ keskpunktile lähemale, kui on vastasmängijate kivi
a game played on ice, especially in Scotland and Canada, in which large round flat stones are slid across the surface towards a mark. Members of a team use brooms to sweep the surface of the ice in the path of the stone to control its speed and direction.
a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice towards a target area ,which is segmented into concentric rings
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Curling is associated especially with Scotland, where the game dates to the early 16th century. ... Curling was a part of the inaugural Winter Olympic Games held in Chamonix, France, in 1924, but that event was not considered official by the International Olympic Committee until 2006. After having been a demonstration sport at three subsequent Olympic Winter Games, curling was finally added as a full medal sport for the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.
Olümpiamängude esimesed medaliomanikud jääkeeglis selgusid alles 1998. aastal Naganos, kuid tegelikult on jääkeegel juba vana olümpiaala. Näidisalana on jääkeegel taliolümpiamängude kavas olnud koguni seitsmel korral (1924, 1932, 1936, 1964, 1988, 1992 ja 1994). 2006. aasta veebruaris tunnistas Rahvusvaheline Olümpiakomitee aga 1924. aasta olümpiaturniiri ametlikuks olümpiaturniiriks ja medalialaks.
Eesti meistritiitli väärtus on viimastel aastatel kasvanud, kuna segapaaris kurling kuulub taliolümpiamängude programmi ning maailmas on konkurents ja mängijate tase kasvuteel.
Essentially, the goal of curling is to score points by sliding curling stones down a sheet of ice with the aim of getting as many of your stones closer to the centre of the house (the area that looks like a target) than your opponent.
