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Curling at the 2. Winter Olympics. The curling competition of the 2. Olympics was held at Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre in Vancouver. It is the fifth time that curling was on the Olympic program, after having been staged in 1. The competition followed the same format that was used during the 2. Turin Winter Olympics, with 1. The women's competition concluded on Friday, February 2.
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Vancouver Preview What to expect at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. All About Vancouver Vancouver is the largest city in British Columbia. A Shock to the System? Choose any Games AND any Sport View summary results and medals. Choose an event You can also go a step further and choose an Event to view details of any. Curling at the XXI Olympic Winter Games: Venue: Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre: Dates: 16–27 February 2010: Competitors: 100 from 12 nations «2006. The venues for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games stretched over a 120-kilometre zone from Richmond, through downtown Vancouver and north to the.
In the bronze medal match, the Chinese team made history by becoming the first team from Asia to win an Olympic curling medal. The gold medal match was one of the closest medal games in Olympic competition. Team Canada won the silver medal, their best performance since the 1. Nagano Olympic Games when Sandra Schmirler skipped the Canadians to gold. Team Sweden won the gold medal.
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Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, and Anna Le Moine (n. Г©e Anna Bergstr. Г¶m [Anna Sv. Г¤rd in Torino]) became the first curlers to win two gold medals at the Olympic Games.
The men's competition concluded on Saturday, February 2. In the bronze medal match, Markus Eggler of Switzerland became the first male curler to win two Olympic medals. The gold medal final was a rematch between Canada and Norway of the 2.
Olympics men's final (although only one athlete from each team participated in both finals). The only disturbance was when an unsportsmanlike spectator deliberately blew a horn while the Norwegians were delivering their stones.
The crowd promptly booed the man and the horn was not blown again until the medal ceremony. The Canadians controlled the game throughout and never relinquished the lead. Torger Nerg. ГҐrd and Kevin Martin became the second and third men to win two Olympic medals. With the conclusion of the Vancouver Olympic curling tournament, eight athletes now have two Olympic curling medals. They are in the order in which they received their medals: Mirjam Ott (SUI), Markus Eggler (SUI), Kevin Martin (CAN), Torger Nerg. ГҐrd (NOR), Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, and Anna Le Moine, all of Sweden.
Medal summary[edit]Medal table[edit]Qualified teams[edit]Canada. China. Denmark. France. Germany. Saville SC, Edmonton. Skip: Kevin Martin. Third: John Morris. Second: Marc Kennedy.
Lead: Ben Hebert. Alternate: Adam Enright.
Harbin CC, Harbin. Fourth: Liu Rui. Skip: Wang Fengchun*Second: Xu Xiaoming. Lead: Zang Jialiang. Alternate: Li Hongchen. Hvidovre CC, Hvidovre. Fourth: Johnny Frederiksen. Skip: Ulrik Schmidt*Second: Bo Jensen.
Lead: Lars Vilandt. Alternate: Mikkel Poulsen. Chamonix CC, Chamonix. Skip: Thomas Dufour.
Third: Tony Angiboust. Second: Jan Ducroz. Lead: Richard Ducroz. Alternate: Raphael Mathieu. CC FГјssen, FГјssen. Skip: Andy Kapp. Third: Andreas Lang.
Second: Holger Höhne. Lead: Andreas Kempf.
Alternate: Daniel Herberg. Great Britain[1]Norway. Sweden. Switzerland. United States. Lockerbie CC, Lockerbie. Skip: David Murdoch.
Third: Ewan Mac. Donald. Second: Peter Smith. Lead: Euan Byers. Alternate: Graeme Connal. Snar. øen CK, Bærum.
Skip: Thomas Ulsrud. Third: Torger Nerg. ГҐrd. Second: Christoffer Svae. Lead: HГҐvard Vad Petersson.
Alternate: Thomas LГёvold. Karlstads CK, Karlstad. Skip: Niklas Edin. Third: Sebastian Kraupp.
Second: Fredrik Lindberg. Lead: Viktor Kj. äll. Alternate: Oskar Eriksson. CC St. Galler Bär, St.
Gallen. Fourth: Ralph St. Г¶ckli. Third: Jan Hauser. Skip: Markus Eggler**Lead: Simon Str. Гјbin. Alternate: Toni MГјller. Duluth CC, Duluth. Skip: John Shuster. Third: Jason Smith.
Second: Jeff Isaacson. Lead: John Benton. Alternate: Chris Plys*Throws third rocks**Throws second rocks.
Women's[edit]Canada. China. Denmark. Germany. Great Britain. Calgary WC, Calgary. Skip: Cheryl Bernard. Third: Susan O'Connor. Second: Carolyn Darbyshire.
Lead: Cori Bartel. Alternate: Kristie Moore. Harbin CC, Harbin. Skip: Wang Bingyu.
Third: Liu Yin. Second: Yue Qingshuang. Lead: Zhou Yan. Alternate: Liu Jinli. TГҐrnby CC, TГҐrnby. Fourth: Madeleine Dupont. Third: Denise Dupont.
Skip: Angelina Jensen*Lead: Camilla Jensen. Alternate: Ane Hansen. SC Riessersee, Garmisch- Partenkirchen. Skip: Andrea Sch. Г¶pp. Third: Monika Wagner. Second: Melanie Robillard.
Lead: Stella Hei. ГџAlternate: Corinna Scholz. British Olympic Committee. Skip: Eve Muirhead.
Third: Jackie Lockhart. Second: Kelly Wood.
Lead: Lorna Vevers. Alternate: Anne Laird.
Japan. Russia. Sweden. Switzerland. United States. Aomori CC, Aomori. Skip: Moe Meguro. Third: Anna Ohmiya. Second: Mari Motohashi.
Lead: Kotomi Ishizaki. Alternate: Mayo Yamaura.
Moskvitch CC, Moscow. Skip: Ludmila Privivkova.
Third: Anna Sidorova**Second: Nkeiruka Ezekh. Lead: Ekaterina Galkina. Alternate: Margarita Fomina. Härn. ösands CK, Härn. ösand. Skip: Anette Norberg. Third: Eva Lund. Second: Cathrine Lindahl. Lead: Anna Le Moine.
Alternate: Kajsa Bergstr. Г¶m. Davos CC, Davos.
Skip: Mirjam Ott. Third: Carmen Sch. Г¤fer. Second: Carmen KГјng.
Lead: Janine Greiner. Alternate: Irene Schori. Madison CC, Madison. Skip: Debbie Mc. Cormick***Third: Allison Pottinger***Second: Nicole Joraanstad. Lead: Natalie Nicholson. Alternate: Tracy Sachtjen*Throws second rocks[2]**The World Curling Federation had Olga Jarkova listed as the Third. However, a press release by the Vancouver Organizing Committee has Anna Sidorova listed as Third.[3]***On Feb 2.
Debbie Mc. Cormick switched to throwing third, with Allison Pottinger throwing fourth. Qualification[edit]Performances at the 2. World Curling Championships decided which countries were able to send curling teams to the 2. Olympics. Points were distributed in the following manner, with the top 9 teams (excluding - Canada) qualifying for the Olympics.
Position at WCNumber of points. In case of a tie during the 2. World championships, the points were split (for example, if two teams tied for tenth place, they would receive 2. For the 2. 00. 8 and 2. Canada, as the host nation, qualified automatically. Scotland's points counted as Great Britain (Scotland does not compete at the Olympic level separately). Men's standings[edit]*Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling.
By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points for Great Britain. Women's standings[edit]*Scotland, England and Wales all compete separately in international curling. By an agreement between the curling federations of those three home nations, only Scotland can score Olympic qualification points for Great Britain. Olympic curling trials[edit]Men's tournament[edit]Women's tournament[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]External links[edit].