Olympic mascots Quatchi and Miga. Photo copyright VANOC/COVAN
VANCOUVER OLYMPIC CENTRE
Curling was featured at the 1924 Winter Games but didn’t appear again officially until 1998. In a game, two teams take turns pushing 19.1-kg (42-lb) stones made of granite towards the centre of a series of concentric circles. Competitors try to control the stone’s direction and speed by sweeping the ice in front of it. The winner is the team with the most stones closest to the centre.—Sheri Radford
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