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2021 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2021 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2021 BKT Tires & OK Tire World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was held from April 2 to 11 at the Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Canada. The event was originally to be held in Ottawa, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the championship was moved to Calgary. The event was held in a bio-secure bubble at Canada Olympic Park, which also hosted all major Curling Canada championships leading up to the Worlds (including the 2021 Tim Hortons Brier, which determined Canada's entrant). All events were held behind closed doors with no spectators. The 2021 championship fielded the largest number of teams in the history of the event, with fourteen total. Niklas Edin, skip of Team Sweden, and his third, Oskar Eriksson, won a record fifth career World Championship. The team, which also consisted of Rasmus Wranå and Christoffer Sundgren, won a record third straight championship. They defeate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in the energy, financial services, film and television, transportation and logistics, technology, manufacturing, aerospace, health and wellness, reta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling Canada
Curling Canada (formerly the Canadian Curling Association (CCA)) is a sanctioning body for the sport of Curling in Canada. It is associated with more than a dozen provincial and territorial curling associations across the country, and organizes Canada's national championships in the sport. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the two previous sanctioning bodies, Curl Canada (men's) and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association (women's). History The CCA was created in 1990 when Curl Canada and the Canadian Ladies' Curling Association amalgamated. From its creation until 2007, Dave Parkes was the general manager and then chief executive officer (CEO). Greg Stremlaw was the CEO until 2015 when he took over as head of sports at CBC Sports Katherine Henderson became CEO in 2016 and continues in the position at present. On February 27, 2015, the organization rebranded as Curling Canada. Presidents (Chairs of the Board 2008–present) *1935–38: John T. Haig *1938–39: Elbridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Canada has competed at all 24 editions of the Winter Olympics. On November 17, 2020 two time Olympic gold medallist in speed skating Catriona Le May Doan was named as chef de mission of the delegation. The Canadian team consisted of 215 athletes (109 men and 106 women) competing in 14 sports. Canada will not have any representation in the sport of nordic combined. This will be the third largest Canadian Winter Olympic team after 2014 (222 athletes) and 2018 (225 athletes). The full delegation consisted of 414 people including athletes, coaches, officials and staff. On February 2, 2022, short track speed skater Charles Hamelin and hockey player Marie-Philip Poulin were named as Canada's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile triple medallist speed skater Isabelle Weidemann was named as the closing ceremony flagbearer. The Canadian team won 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States At The 2022 Winter Olympics
The United States competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. On January 24, 2022, the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee named a team of 224 athletes. Curler John Shuster and speed skater Brittany Bowe were named U.S. flagbearers for the opening ceremony. Bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor was named flagbearer for the closing ceremony. The United States won eight gold and 25 medals overall at the 2022 Winter Olympics, finishing fourth in the medal standings for the third Winter Olympics in a row. Notable successes included Jessie Diggins becoming the first American female skier to win individual cross-country medals, figure skater Nathan Chen breaking the short program world record en route to the Olympic gold medal in the men's singles, Erin Jackson becoming the first black female athlete to win speed skating gold, and Chloe Kim defending her title in the snowboarding women's halfpipe. Veteran snowboarder Lindsey Jacobellis, who las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Olympic Committee Athletes At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Russian athletes competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for four years, after it was found that data provided by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency had been manipulated by Russian authorities with a goal of protecting athletes involved in its state-sponsored doping scheme. As at the 2018 Winter Olympics, WADA has allowed individual cleared Russian athletes to compete neutrally under the title of "Russian Olympic Committee". Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision. The Court of Arbitration for Sport, on review of Russia's appeal of its case from WADA, ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Switzerland At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Switzerland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Alpine skier Wendy Holdener and hockey player Andres Ambühl were selected as the Swiss flagbearers during the opening ceremony Meanwhile freestyle skier Ryan Regez was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline. Medalists The following Swiss competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded. Alpine skiing Switzerland qualified the maximum eleven male and eleven female alpine skiers. ;Men ;Women Mixed Biathlon ;Men ;Women ;Mixed Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Switzerland qualified eight male and six female cross-country skiers. ;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint Curling ;Summary Men's tournament Switzerland has qualified their men's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 2002 Winter Olympics
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Medallists Alain Baxter came third in the Men's slalom but was subsequently disqualified for use of a stimulant. Baxter's claim that a mix up in the ingredients of the same branded cold medication between the UK and the US was the cause of the ingestion of the stimulant was accepted, and as a result he received the minimum ban of 3 months. Alpine skiing ;Men Men's combined ;Women Women's combined Biathlon ;Men ;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay : 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target. : 3 One minute added per missed target. Bobsleigh ;Men ;Women Curling Men's tournament Group stage Top four teams advanced to semi-finals. Contestants * '' Hammy McMillan was replaced by Warwick Smith as skip after Draw 4.'' Women's tournament Group stage Top four teams adva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden At The 2022 Winter Olympics
Sweden competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Oliwer Magnusson and Emma Nordin were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony. Meanwhile biathlete Elvira Öberg was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. With eight gold medals and 18 medals in total, this was Sweden's most successful Winter Olympics of all time in terms of both gold and total number of medals, beating the previous records set in 2018 and 2014, respectively. It marked the first time Sweden won medals in six different sports at the Winter Games, and they managed to win gold medals in these sports. Additionally, the country won its first (and second) gold medal in freestyle skiing, first gold medals in speed skating since 1988, and became the first country to win medals in all three events in curling at the same Winter Olympics. Medalists The following Swedish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. National Olympic Committees As of 2020, there are 206 National Olympic Committees. These include each of the 193 member states of the United Nations, one UN observer state (Palestine) and two states with limited recognition ( Kosovo and Taiwan). There are also ten dependent territories with recognized NOCs: four territories of the United States (American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands), three British Overseas Territories (Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Caym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Winter Olympics
The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beijing, China, and surrounding areas with competition in selected events beginning 2 February 2022. It was the 24th edition of the Winter Olympic Games. Beijing was selected as host city in 2015 at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, marking its second time hosting the Olympics, and the last of three consecutive Olympics hosted in East Asia following the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Having previously hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing became the first city to have hosted both the Summer and Winter Olympics. The venues for the Games were concentrated upon Beijing, its suburb Yanqing District, and Zhangjiakou, with some events (including the cere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling At The 2022 Winter Olympics
The curling competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics were held at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre, one of the Olympic Green venues. Curling competitions were scheduled for every day of the games, from February 2 to February 20. This was the eighth time that curling was part of the Olympic program. In each of the men's, women's and mixed doubles competitions, 10 nations competed. The mixed doubles competition was expanded for its second appearance in the Olympics. A total of 120 quota spots (60 per sex) were distributed to the sport of curling, an increase of four from the 2018 Winter Olympics. A total of 3 events were contested, one for men, one for women and one mixed. Qualification Qualification to the Men's and Women's curling tournaments at the Winter Olympics was determined through two methods (in addition to the host nation). Nations qualified teams by placing in the top six at the 2021 World Curling Championships. Teams could also qualify through Olympic qualif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curling At The 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
A total of 10 teams in each tournament (5 athletes per team) will qualify for a quota of 100 athletes in curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics. A further 10 mixed doubles pairs will qualify for a total of 20 athletes. Therefore, a total of 120 athletes can qualify in total to compete in the curling competitions. Summary Final summary Six nations - Canada, Great Britain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States, along with hosts China - achieved a maximum representation of 12 quota places across all three events, while, in total 14 NOCS are represented in the curling competition in Beijing. Although they competed in the 1992 demonstration event, this will be Australia's debut in curling as a full Olympic event. Men Women Mixed doubles Qualification System The 2022 Winter Olympics is scheduled to feature ten-team fields for each of the three tournaments (men's, women's, and mixed doubles). This will be an increase from the eight-team mixed doubles field in 2018. Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
