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Curling is like rolling cans of paint, the length of basketball court across ice as thick as a steak

Curling could not have a more fitting host city for the upcoming Olympics than Cortina d’Ampezzo.

The town in the Dolomites is home to Italy’s first curling gold medalist, defending mixed doubles champion Stefania Constantini. And Mayor Gianluca Lorenzi is a former member of Italy’s national team — and the son of the sport’s founding father in Italy.

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“I’m certainly going to have a reserved seat for every day of the competition,” Lorenzi said in a recent interview with The Associated Press, inferring that he would rather be at the curling venue than welcoming the various head

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