Curling may be known for strategy, but today’s elite athletes train like any other Olympic competitor. From intense sweeping demands to the Brad Jacobs-led fitness revolution, players explain how conditioning has transformed the sport at the Olympic Winter Games. View this story and more Olympics coverage here.
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Canada skip Brad Jacobs (below) prepares to throw a round-robin game against Team USA during the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
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