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Originally Posted by UncleWede
Was it the wind that caused the women to appear so tame, in comparison to the highlights I saw for the men?
You might know: WTF does the brush do to the ice to make the rock move????????
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I think it was the wind ... they generally are a bit tamer than the men, but they really had to back off lots and you saw how difficult it was to land just about anything. When even Jamie Anderson can't pull off two clean runs, there's something fundamentally wrong with the conditions. I have no idea what it's like to be 60 feet in the air and start getting pushed around by the wind, but it can't be good.
As for your curling question, sweeping heats up the ice which reduces the friction so if they need to add speed to the rock they sweep and if it's too heavy (too much speed) they back off. Only curled a few times in my life, but it's definitely harder than it looks (and easy to lose your balance on the ice) ...