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Winter Olympics: I thought curling would be easy – then I hit the ice | Telegraph Sport

You may have heard the phrase ‘Bambi on ice’. Well in this instance, think more Bluto on ice. The task was simple enough: in honour of the Winter Olympics, go and see how hard curling really is. And as a Scotsman, this should be in my blood; the stone and I working as one on the sheet of ice. Our ancestors have been chucking granite since the 1500s, for goodness sake. Yet what I find out is that a youth spent shifting metaphorical pianos on the rugby field is no precursor to excellence on the ice. Every four years, when the Winter Olympics is on, curling is hard to ignore. Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/winter-ol... #curling #sport #olympics ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: https://telegraph.co.uk/customer/secu... ► Get the latest headlines: UK (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/), US (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ and    / telegraph   are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture. ► Sign up to the Telegraph's free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: https://telegraph.co.uk/customer/secu... ► Get the latest headlines: UK (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/), US (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/) https://www.telegraph.co.uk/ and    / telegraph   are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.