Curlers from the United States hold just one Olympic medal: a bronze for the men's team during the 2006 Turin, Italy, games. The women's team has never medaled in the sport. This year, Nicole Joraanstad, a native of Kent, and the U.S. women's curling team have their sights set on changing that.
During the last winter Olympics, almost 1,000 people came to a two-day open house at the Granite Curling Club in North Seattle. Before the club even opened the first morning, the parking lot was full of people excited to check out a sport that most had only ever heard of.
