The Curling News: Curling uproar over 1924 Games

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….. The IOC is now investigating: will the Scottish story prove to be premature… or not?

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Scotland wins Olympic gold . . . 82 years later - The Herald

Web Issue 2448 January 23 2006
DOUG GILLON

A Scottish curling team has been designated Olympic champions more than 80 years after its victory on the ice.

It had previously been thought that the sport was a demonstration event at the 1924 Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, meaning that winners would not be considered to be medallists.

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Broadcast March 21, 1972

(Click on the above link for CBC Sports Clip showing the “LaBonte Blunder”)

The Story:

It looks like an easy trip to a fifth consecutive Silver Broom world championship for the Canadians. They’ve won all seven of their round-robin games and beaten classic rivals Scotland to advance to the finals. But by the last end of the championship game against the United States, they’re in trouble. Canada needs two points to force an extra end — and, amazingly, they get both, thanks to an error by the U.S. skip.

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We have set-up two new pages here at CurlingBlog.com ..

* GREAT CURLERS IN HISTORY

We would like to know who you think are the great ones!… and why! This is not subject to Canadian curlers - but around the world!

* GREAT CURLING MOMENTS

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