Get to know each of the wheelchair curling teams scheduled to compete at the 2022 Paralympics in Beijing. Please note this was recorded and posted before a definitive decision has been made on the participation of the team representing the Russian Paralympic Committee.
2022 Paralympic Curling Schedule
Oyuna Uranchimeg’s Journey to the Paralympics
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We recap a fun Olympic curling tournament. First, we discuss the narratives surrounding the performances of Canada, Sweden and Great Britain. What’s next for Curling Canada? Do we have a new greatest curler of all time? Is Team GB’s process justified? Then we list our favorite things from these Olympics, including the BBC’s dislike of Team USA and some daily affirmations. We try to end with some joy and hope.
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Like the United States, interest in curling soars in Japan during the Olympics. This interest has reached even greater levels following Japan’s bronze medal performance at the 2018 games. Naoki Iwanaga, a former competitive curler from Japan now living in the US, joins us to talk all things Japanese curling. We discuss the differences in curling culture between Japan and the US. Then, we learn about the growth of the sport in Japan and the need for a dedicated curling facility in Tokyo. He also introduces us to the concept of “沼” (meaning pond or swamp) and how it relates to the increased attention on curling during Team Fujisawa’s games.
Japan Curling Association’s Curling Pond YouTube series
Follow Naoki on Twitter
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And down the stretch they come! Every team at the Olympics has three games left on their schedule at the time of this recording. First, we try to untangle the women’s standings. Then, we breakdown the game that will probably decide the men’s playoff field.
Olympic and Paralympic Curling Schedule
Our Welcome to Curling series for newcomers
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As everyone predicted (and by everyone, we mean no one), Italy will face Norway for the mixed doubles curling gold. In this episode we review the mixed doubles competition going into the gold- and bronze-medal games, especially the fantastic stories of Italy and Australia. We also discuss what trends could emerge in mixed doubles as a whole coming out of these games.
Our “Welcome to Curling” series for those new to the sport
Men’s Olympic curling preview
Women’s Olympic curling preview
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Everyone’s Olympic curling dream has to start somewhere. For Laventer Oguta and Haggai Odhiambo Ogak, that dream starts New Jersey. These two members of the Kenya Curling Federation recently got their first experience on curling ice at Plainfield Curling Club with hopes that they will soon represent their nation in World Curling Federation events. They join us, along with Dean Roth from Plainfield Curling Club, to talk about how they were introduced to curling, how their initial training is going and what the future holds for curling in Kenya.
Help Kenya get to the Pan-Continental Curling Championship
Kenya Curling Federation on Facebook
Plainfield Curling Club
Curling in Nigeria w/ Harold Woods III
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A truly phenomenal field of champion curling teams will go for gold during the women’s tournament at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Listen to our Welcome to Curling series
See the 2022 Olympic curling schedule
The remarkable return of Korea’s Team Kim
China’s Han Yu prepares for the Olympics
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Some of the most decorated men’s curlers in the sport’s history are in the 2022 Olympic curling field.
Listen to our Welcome to Curling series
See the 2022 Olympic curling schedule
The Ballad of John Shuster
Curling in Denmark with Mads Nørgaard
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We’ve documented the trials and tribulations that Korea’s Team Kim Eun-jung experienced during and after their Olympic silver medal. Well, now we get to hear about the happy part of their story. The part where Team Kim earned its way back to the Olympics. We are joined by coach Peter Gallant and curling consultant Melvin Lee to discuss Team Kim’s journey to qualify for Beijing and the new support system they have in place for this Olympics. This led to a discussion of governance in curling and how it’s changed since curling became an Olympic sport.
The remarkable return of Korea’s Team Kim
Our interview with Team Kim coach Lim Myung-sup
Listen to our Welcome to Curling series
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