HARBIN, China — A banker, a construction worker, an electrician and an entrepreneur from snowy Switzerland have an unlikely shot at making Winter Olympics curling history -- for the tropical Philippines.
Jamaica's bobsleigh team were immortalized in the movie 'Cool Runnings' after taking part in the 1988 Winter Olympics . And the ' Curl ing Pilipinas' could be the next candidates for the Hollywood treatment, should they line up at Milan-Cortina in 2026.The Swiss-Filipino men's quartet are this week gaining invaluable experience at the Asian Winter Games in China, their biggest stage yet.
They contacted rookie curler Frei, 42, who had made it his life goal to become an Olympian and had only taken up the sport after realising he had 'zero talent' for skiing.By October 2023 they were competing and the rest could be history.- Perfect sport for Filipinos -With temperatures in host city Harbin struggling to get above freezing it is a far cry from the Philippines, where the mercury regularly hits 30 Celsius at this time of year.
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