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Ice maidens raise temperatures
VANCOUVER — Take a bevy of beauties. Throw in a packed and passionate flag-waving crowd. Add ice and sex appeal. This is the heady mix on offer at the Olympics curling…
VANCOUVER — Take a bevy of beauties. Throw in a packed and passionate flag-waving crowd. Add ice and sex appeal. This is the heady mix on offer at the Olympics curling competition, where ice maidens have been sending temperatures soaring as they sweep away the fusty image of the sport and add a dash of glamour.Whether it's Scandinavian blondes or Russian stunners, female curlers are turning heads in curling-crazy Canada.Canadian skipper Cheryl Bernard, 43, told AFP that athletes were now younger and fitter, which had helped to combat the negative image of the sport."Curling had such a bad reputation for years, the heavy smoker, drinker. But that has gone by the wayside," she said."I think the fitness is huge. It's a younger group too, myself excluded. I think it's kind of evolved and the younger generation that's coming in is a lot more fit."It's a good thing for the sport. I think it raises it up a level."Scotland's young captain Eve Muirhead said she welcomes the focus on the athletes as a way of raising curling's profile."It's good for the game. There are so many people out there watching the game. There are hundreds of people in Britain watching us and all these people in Canada. You've got to look good out there on the ice and hopefully produce a few good shots," the 19-year-old blonde said."Curling needs a lot of stamina so we've done a lot of gym work and fitness right through the summer. You build up a massive fitness level and you need that on the ice for all the sweeping and I suppose the more physically fit you are the more mentally fit you are."Moe Meguro, captain of Japan, agrees that the sexy image can do no harm, although she said it was a sideshow."We are mainly focusing on playing the game," she said.Another talking point on the ice at the Vancouver Olympic Centre is Canada's Kristie Moore, who is five months' pregnant with her first child.Moore, an alternate on the team, said being pregnant has not affected her ability to curl yet."Not so far, I think in about two months' time I'll not b
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