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  • Scotland voted it in so they could get a Gold medal.:) Actually it is very popular in quite a few of the Northern Countries.
  • Well Europe needed a sport to be good at... Jamaica has running Russia has Hockey China has gymnastics America rocks at everything ...."hmmm what are we good at?" "AHA!" "We are good at throwing stuff on ice!"
  • True, I guess what I meant was the general European population.
  • Curling is an olympic sport because it involves alot of skill, as do all other olympic sports. If you don't beleive me join a leage for a year you'll see it's not as easy as it looks.
  • Curling is athletic, in order to be a top competitor you do need to be in good physical condition. Also, Canada is the leader in curling, not really the European countries.
  • Because it's the only sport the Scots are good at
  • why is it a "sport" period??
  • Curling is a sport because it requires balance, strength and agility to be competitive. Throwing the stone requires a lot of balance and flexibility, sweeping requires strength and agility and each game takes about 2 and a half hours, which requires quite a bit of endurance. Not to mention that you are strategizing the entire game which uses a lot of mental energy. Try curling and you will understand why it's a sport. Posting Comment...
  • It falls under the definition of a sport which is a competition requiring skill and rules, under as governing body of some kind and has an international appeal for the Olympics. It takes great skill and fitness to be able to curl, especially flexibility, balancing and timing and thinking ability. It's like chess on ice.
  • Its not about you having to be athletic, thats the most idiotic definition I have ever heard. Fishing, for god's sake, is considered a sport with winners of big bas events winning millions for catching a hungry bass. Crew chiefs of NASCAR would consider themselves athletes, with some of the most notable being severely unathletic. Both of theses stupid games are considered "sports" and yet they require a little less athleticism than the average couch potato. On the other hand, standing in line at the bank takes endurance. Running after the ice cream truck takes speed. Lifting the couch up to find the remote takes strength. A couple trips to the bathroom each year take a combination of all three. THESE aren't sports so DO NOT try to say this stupid f*&$@%g accident of a game that was made by the bored mindless unimaginative athleticless northerners and Europeans, even if it is played by people who's only athletic prowess is the balance, endurance, and strength to sweep ice while on the run, is worthy of an olympic medal. There are plenty of GAMES that require just as much athletic talent ("What a year Michael Phelps had! A record 12 Gold medals in the 2020 olympics after he gets 2 in swimming, 9 in 'Tag' related games, and one in 'Red Rover' competition...) or more and they don't even pretend to think they deserve to be on tv much less in olympic podiums. Not saying its a disgrace to play or anything. To each his own, although I think its mindless. It only makes me mad that they can say they received a frickin OLYMPIC MEDAL for this crap. Put it in the x-games or something where no one cares.

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