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Thursday 8 February 2018

This Feb. 8, 2002, file photo shows U.S. champion Michelle Kwan
practicing for the women's short program for the Winter Olym-
pic Games in Salt Lake City at the Salt lake Ice Center.
Associated Press

2030 Continued cessful games.
from Previous Page The state plans to tout the
It calls for fewer billion-dol- fact that its bid, whose es-
lar projects and more ven- timated budget excludes Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes during the mixed doubles training session ahead of the 2018 Winter Olym-
ues already in place. security costs covered by pics in Gangneung, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018.
Salt Lake City could face the U.S. government and Associated Press
competition from Denver spectator transportation,
from residents and top Hog line? Hammer? Decoding
and Reno, Nevada, which has widespread support
are considering bids. In-
ing the move include Sion, "The report affirms what the 'H'-heavy lingo of curling
ternationally, cities weigh-
leaders.
Switzerland; Calgary, Can- we've always kind of be-
ada; Stockholm, Sweden; lieved: That we are in a By KRISTEN GELINEAU to the button gets a point. curler has thrown a rock
and Sapporo, Japan. tremendous position to Associated Press Teams score extra points for with more force than nec-
Salt Lake City, which pre- host the Winter Olympics Few Olympic events con- each additional stone that essary to make the shot,
fers the 2030 Winter Games again," Gov. Gary Herbert found the public like curl- is closer to the button than meaning the stone will
but is open to 2026, has a told reporters Wednesday. ing, the obscure winter their opponents' stones. go farther than the curler
"reasonable" chance be- The 2030 Winter Olym- sport with the frenzied HAMMER wants it to.
cause of its history of host- pics wouldn't normally be sweeping that gains cult No, there are no actual HACK
ing alpine events and the awarded until 2023, but Salt status every four years. hammers involved. But The hack is the black push-
success of the 2002 Olym- Lake City prepared years in There's the mystifying-to- to have the hammer is to off block that curlers set
pics, but the IOC would advance in anticipation of the-masses strategies of have the power. That's be- their feet into just before
prefer a European city for a possible dual award by play, the perplexing shout- cause the team that has they launch themselves
at least one of those slots, the IOC next year for 2026 ed orders and, of course, the hammer has the right down the ice with the
according to Chicago- and 2030, said Bullock. all that wacky lingo, from to throw the final stone of stone. The hack at the dis-
based sports-finance con- That's what the IOC did bonspiel (a tournament) each end. tant end of the sheet is also
sultant Marc Ganis. for the first time last year, to skip (team captain) to Whichever team doesn't used sometimes as a refer-
European voters have con- scrapping its traditional sheet (the rectangular ice score during an end will ence for how hard to throw
sistently rejected Olympic rules and awarding the where games are played.) get the hammer in the the stone. A skip will some-
plans since Russia spent 2024 Summer Olympics to It's enough to make your next round. If neither team times call for "hack weight,"
$51 billion on infrastructure Paris and the 2028 Summer head spin like a stone (the scores, the team with the indicating he or she wants
for the 2014 Sochi Games. Olympics to Los Angeles. circular rock curlers send hammer hangs onto it. Be- the stone to be thrown with
Voters in Austria last year It's not clear yet if the U.S. whizzing down the ice.) Es- cause of this, sometimes a enough momentum to
rejected a proposed 2026 Olympic Committee will pecially when you get to all team with the hammer will reach the hack.
bid by two-time host Inns- pick a U.S. city for the 2026 those words beginning with deliberately avoid scoring HARD! (AND SOMETIMES,
bruck. Only two cities bid games, a decision expect- "H." at the end of a round if only HURRY!)
for the 2022 Winter Games. ed by the end of March. House. Hammer. Hog line. one point is possible. Watch curling for any
Utah organizers will have to USOC chief executive Hack. Heavy. And HARD! HOG LINE amount of time and you'll
overcome the stigma from Scott Blackmun said offi- Huh? Hog lines are the thick lines notice the curlers scream
a bidding scandal that cials believe 2030 is more Hang in there. Here's a that stretch across the a lot, and are particularly
marred the buildup to the realistic for the U.S. crash course in the H's of width of the ice 21 feet (6.4 fond of screaming, "HARD!"
2002 Games and resulted Andrew Zimbalist, an econ- curling: meters) from the center of Generally, the person
in several IOC members omist at Smith College in HOUSE each house. Curlers who screaming is the skip, who
losing their positions for tak- Massachusetts, said Salt The house is the bullseye- are throwing the stones directs the shots and how
ing bribes, Ganis said. Mitt Lake City's $1.35 billion cost shaped target at the end must release the rock from aggressively the sweepers
Romney came aboard estimate seems low. He of each sheet. It is made up their grip before the stone need to brush their brooms
and helped turn things said it's not uncommon for of three concentric circles reaches the hog line. The across the surface of the
around. cities to try to garner early — a 12-foot ring, an 8-foot stone must travel across ice to influence how far the
"It's a reminder of a period political support by lowball- ring and a 4-foot ring — the hog line on the oppo- stone travels. The skip will
of corruption at the IOC, ing estimates.Anti-Ameri- and the center is dubbed site end of the sheet with shout "HARD!" — or, in some
which they'd like to forget," can sentiment at the IOC "the button." At the conclu- each throw or it is removed cases, "HURRY!" — when he
he said. Utah organizers in- also has deepened under sion of each round of play from play. or she wants the sweepers
sist that they salvaged their Donald Trump’s presiden- (known as an "end") the HEAVY to more vigorously sweep
image by putting on suc- cy, Zimbalist said. q team with the stone closest To throw heavy means a the ice.q