Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Statistics Curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Statistics This is a statistical synopsis of the curling tournaments at the 2014 Winter Olympics. A total of thirty-three curlers are Olympic veterans. Two female curlers from the inaugural Olympic curling event in Nagano in 1998 returned to the Olympics. Seven female curlers and one male curler who competed in Salt Lake City in 2002 have qualified again. Ten curlers from the Torino Olympics in 2006 are competing at these Olympics, and fifteen women and eighteen men who participated in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics have returned. In curling, each player is graded on
Venues of the 1976 Winter Olympics Games before Denver's with clear cutting of the alpine skiing venues, lessening of the amount of cross-country skiing routes, upgrading the ski jumps, adding lighting in the indoor sports arena to accommodate color television, and the construction of a combination bobsleigh and luge track. After the 1976 Games, the venues have remained in use, hosting events in Nordic skiing and the sliding sports. They hosted some of the events for the Winter Universiade in 2005 and seven of the eight venues served as host for the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in 2012. Innsbruck hosted the Winter Olympics in 1964.