Abstract
World championships have been contested for men in curling since 1959 and women since 1979, and there are few sports of any kind that have witnessed so commanding dominance by a nation of a sport as Canada in curling. Curling is known to have been played by a Scottish regiment stationed in Canada in 1789. A continuing international effort led to full inclusion of curling into the winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan in 1998, where Canada won the men’s silver medal and the women’s gold medal, further establishing that country’s world prominence. Curling in the bodily shapes, comportment, and training styles of athletes brings a new exemplar to the variability. Sweep is a magazine that covers national, provincial, and world news on curling and also provides information to meet general player interest in the form of instructional tips and ‘state of the sport’ news.
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