I tried curling. It was incredibly difficult.

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Lafayette, Colorado – 5 January 2026
1. SOUNDBITE (English) Brittany Peterson, The Associated Press:
"Curling is a super popular sport at the Olympics. It looks like it could be some casual thing that you do with friends, but it's a really tough sport, and I don’t know how to do it, and I'm here to try it out."
2. Various of Olympic symbol under pebbled ice
3. Sean Stevinson, Co-owner, Rock Creek Curling, explaining how to get started
UPSOUND: Keep your broom, put it on the ground, use it as a tripod. But we're going to take that gripper off your foot first, and I want you to feel what it's like on the ice. We tested it outside. Tell me how slick…yea, right?
4. Detail of Peterson’s shoes slipping on ice
UPSOUND: See if you can train yourself to support yourself on that one foot for a little bit.
5. Stevinson demonstrating stone throw preparation
UPSOUND: So you're going have two objects in your hand. You got the stone that you're gonna let go of. So you don't want to grip it too tight yet. And the stabilizer, which is going to help keep your balance, so you can grip that all you want. For the first couple slides, all we’re gonna work on is just getting that balance on that slider foot.
6. Stevinson demonstrating positioning
UPSOUND: Keep your hands a little bit in front of you. We're going do a little hip lift and you're going to push off with that right foot.
7. Peterson attempting push off
UPSOUND: So lower those hips a little more. Good. Trust that left foot to hold you.
8. Stevinson coaching Peterson
UPSOUND: This time I'm going to have you let it go just to see if you can hold yourself up, use that core. Can you stay upright using that hand and your core?
9. Peterson attempting another push-off
UPSOUND: Nice easy grip, let it go. Good. Nice, she's up. She's up!
10. Various of Stevinson coaching Peterson
UPSOUND: Now we're gonna add some curl to it. Since it's curling, the rock doesn't go straight. I've got to give it a little rotation, either clockwise or counterclockwise, and I've gotta aim a little bit off-center, right? I'm going to turn it about 45 degrees and just give it a quarter turn as I let it go.
11. Stevinson demonstrating push-off with stone rotation
UPSOUND: I’m just letting it go.
12. Peterson pushing off and falling.
UPSOUND: Good, go. Good! Oh, she's got it.
13. Peterson attempting again
UPSOUND: Good, go. Good! Alright, go ahead and get up early.
14. Stevinson sweeping a bit to help stone along.
UPSOUND: Better! Really good rotation. So it's got to clear that other line, right, so we need a little more speed still.
15. Peterson exhaling
16. Peterson attempting again
UPSOUND: Good, good.
17. Wide side angle of Stevinson sweeping
18. Stevinson sweeping ice near rock
UPSOUND: Woop! Haha!
UPSOUND: Right on the button! Look at that!
UPSOUND: We made it!
19. Stevinson throws and Brittany attempts to sweep, Stevinson pushes stone a bit to help it along
UPSOUND (Stevinson): Okay, sweep. Yep, all the way. Ah! Keep sweeping. Sweep hard! Sweep hard! Get me in the rings, go, go go. Hurry, hurry, hurry. Yep, keep going, keep gone, keep going. A little more, little more, a little more. I didn't throw it as hard as you did.
UPSOUND (Peterson): I touched it again! Okay, okay. Ah!
UPSOUND (Stevinson): Good sweep!
UPSOUND (Peterson): I touched it three times.
20. Peterson fist bumps Stevinson
UPSOUND (Peterson): Okay, so that’s sweeping.
UPSOUND (Stevinson): Yea, it’s more of a workout than you think.
UPSOUND (Peterson): Holy Moley.
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