So nice, they did it twice. Sweden’s Anna Hasselborg and Canada’s Brad Jacobs both picked up their second Olympic gold medals in Cortina. We review the end of the Olympic tournament, look ahead to the Paralympics and wonder: Who won the quad? Who might retire? Can we shoehorn even more curling into the Olympics?

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Oyuna Uranchimeg’s journey to Team USA
Team GB’s Stewart Pimblett is growing the game
Poļina Rožkova helped get Latvia into the Paralympics

The curling kerfuffle between Sweden and Canada has us wondering if it’s time to completely revamp the rulebook and the way curling is officiated. Plus: Is a Rachel Homan gold medal still inevitable? (One of us is still convinced it is.) What is happening to Bruce Mouat? Is Draw Shot Challenge going to decide another playoff spot?

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The Korean has had a tumultuous eight years since “The Garlic Girls” burst on the scene to win silver at the 2018 Olympics. Despite this, women’s curling in Korea as flourished and four teams are in the Top 15 of the world rankings. Melvin Lee, a curling consultant and president of the Korean Canadian Curling Federation, tells us how things have improved for the Korean Curling Federation and the prospects for Team Gim, currently third in the world rankings, at the upcoming Olympics in Italy.

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The Remarkable Return of Korea’s Team Kim (2020)
Korea’s Team Kim makes triumphant Olympic return (2022)
Curling DEI initiatives in action with Melvin Lee (2023)