Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

A curling athlete cleans the bottom of a stone before throwing it during the first day of the 2014 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling at the Orleans Arena Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Of the twelve teams competing from around the world, nine of them will represent their respective country at the upcoming Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

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A curling athlete cleans the bottom of a stone before throwing it during the first day of the 2014 World Financial Group Continental Cup of Curling at the Orleans Arena Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Of the twelve teams competing from around the world, nine of them will represent their respective country at the upcoming Olympics in Sochi, Russia.