CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Spectators trekking through heavy snow to the Cortina Olympic curling stadium were delighted to be greeted by a traditional Scottish bagpipe performance from a group of ...

For both the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, 132 new curling stones were created and delivered by manufacturers Kays Scotland. And just like the stones used previously at ...

The only company that makes curling stones for Olympians is turning the 2026 stones into collectibles.

Every single curling stone in the Winter Olympics is crafted from a special granite found only on Ailsa Craig, a small uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland.

Kyle Waddell's rink, ranked 10th in the world, will face the fourth-ranked team led by fellow Olympic silver medallist Ross Whyte in the Scottish Men's Curling Championship final on Saturday.

Olympians including silver medallists Kyle Waddell and Ross Whyte as well as Fay Henderson will feature at this weekend's Scottish Curling Championships live on the BBC.

Scotland's Golden Granite Curling The island of Ailsa Craig, where the two types of granite, Common Green and Blue Hone, that are used to make curling stones is quarried from, is seen from the beach ...

Ailsa Craig is an uninhabited isle off the coast of southwest Scotland and the source of the super-dense granite used to make curling stones for the Winter Olympics. It features both “common green” ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy — Spectators trekking through heavy snow to the Cortina Olympic curling stadium were delighted to be greeted by a traditional Scottish bagpipe performance from a group of high ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ailsa Craig is about 10 miles (16 kilometers) west of the Scottish mainland. Olympic curling stones are made with granite from ...

AILSA CRAIG, Scotland (AP) — If you’re looking to strike gold — silver or bronze, too — look to Ailsa Craig. This uninhabited isle 10 miles (16 kilometers) off the coast of southwest Scotland is the ...