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The captain of a curling team is known as the "skip."
when did wheelchair curling become a sport?
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"Vice" or "vice-skip" is the nickname for the player in the Third position on a curling team. This name comes from the fact that the Third usually takes the place of the Skip in the house while the Skip shoots his stones.
The skip is essentially the captain of a curling team. I don't know where the name actually comes from, but it helps signify the different role that the skip has, spending his time at the opposite end of the ice and calling the shots.
Kevin Martin was the skip of the men's olympic Canadian curling team, so he is probablly the best
Canada won the gold medal in Curling at the 2014 Paralympics. Canada's Curling team consisted of Jim Armstrong, Dennis Thiessen, Ina Forrest, Sonja Gaudet, and Mark Ideson.
Wheelchair curlers use the same rocks and play on the same ice as regular curlers, but they deliver the rocks, often by pushing them with a delivery stick, from a stationary position. The other major difference is that there is no sweeping, so once the stone has been thrown, there is no way to influence its path or speed. source: wheelchaircurling.com
* Alpine skiing * Ice sledge hockey * Nordic skiing ** Biathlon ** Cross-country skiing * Wheelchair curling
His name is listed with the 2010 - 2011 World Curling Tour as a 'skip' of the New Westminster, British Columbia team.
Russia won the silver medal in Curling at the 2014 Paralympics. Russia's Curing team consisted of Andrei Smirnov, Alexander Shevchenko, Svetlana Pakhomova, Marat Romanov, and Oksana Slesarenko.
Great Britain won the bronze medal in Curling at the 2014 Paralympics. Great Britain's team consisted of Aileen Neilson, Gregor Ewan, Bob McPherson, Jim Gault, and Angie Malone.