Women's curling is the participation of

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in the sport of

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. In casual play and at tournaments, women may participate in

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competitions with men or in a separate women's competition. Women have competed at the

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since 1973. Women competed in the official Olympic debut of curling at the 1998 games in Nagano and in every

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since. Notable reoccurring women-specific curling competitions include the

Scotties Tournament of Hearts The Scotties Tournament of Hearts ('; commonly referred to as the Scotties) is the annual Canadian women's curling championship, sanctioned by Curling Canada, formerly called the Canadian Curling Association. The winner goes on to represent Can ...

in Canada,

Norwegian Women's Curling Championship The Norwegian Women's Curling Championship () is the national championship of women's curling in Norway. It has been held annually since 1979. It is organized by the Norwegian Curling Association (). List of champions and medallists (Team line-up i ...

, the

New Year Curling in Miyota The WCT New Year Curling in Miyota (Japanese: WCT ニューイヤーカーリング in 御代田) is an annual tournament on the women's Japan World Curling Tour. It is held annually, with its final being played on New Year's Day. In 2023, the ...

in Japan, and

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in Switzerland, among others.

Bibliography

*Tan Wei-dong, Hong Lin, "Discussion of the 2006 World Ladies Curling Championship", ''China Winter Sports'', 2007. *Tan Wei-dong, Li Xue-qin, Wang Bing-yu, "Discussion of the Probability about Chinese Lady Curling Team Playing Well in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games", ''China Winter Sports'', 2007. *Xu Yong-sheng, "Technical Contrast between Chinese and Korean Women Curling Team in the 6th Asian Winter Games", ''China Winter Sports'', 2007. *Tan Wei-dong, "Analysis on the Advantage and Shortage of Chinese Ladies Curling Team for Preparing the 2010 Olympic Winter Games — My Thought on the 2008 World ladies Curling Championship", ''China Winter Sports'', 2008. *Beverly D. Leipert, Robyn Plunkett, Donna Meagher-Stewart, Lynn Scruby, Heather Mair, Kevin B. Wamsley I Can't Imagine My Life Without It!': Curling and Health Promotion: A Photovoice Study", ''Canadian Journal of Nursing Research'', vol. 43, n°1, March 2011, pp. 60–78. *Katherine A. Tamminen, Peter R.E. Crocker, I control my own emotions for the sake of the team': Emotional self-regulation and interpersonal emotion regulation among female high-performance curlers", ''Psychology of Sport and Exercise'', vol. 14, n°5, September 2013, pp. 737–747. *Shou Zhong Zhang, "Analysis of Specific Cognitive Ability Characteristics of Chinese Women Curling Athletes", ''Advanced Materials Research'', vol. 971-973, June 2014, pp. 2736–2739.

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