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Several high-profile models — including immoderate from Goldline, BalancePlus and Hardline — are present banned. Only brushes with less-firm foam are approved for competition, effectual immediately.
Only brushes with less-firm foam are approved for competition
The Canadian Press
· Posted: Jun 20, 2025 10:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago
World Curling has tightened its sweeping instrumentality rules heading into the Olympic season.
The move, announced Friday, follows interest implicit firmer broom foams that galore players said gave sweepers excessively overmuch control.
Several high-profile models — including immoderate from Goldline, BalancePlus and Hardline — are present banned. Only brushes with less-firm foam are approved for competition, effectual immediately.
World Curling said the determination followed extended consultation with players, manufacturers and crystal experts, arsenic good arsenic a sweep-testing workout astatine the Morris Curling Club successful Manitoba.
Officials accidental it's a archetypal step, with semipermanent reviews and instrumentality standards inactive successful development.
With the caller regulations, the BalancePlus RS with Firm 2.0 foam, Goldline Impact with Evader oregon Pursuer foam, Hardline Ice Pad with Competitive foam, and SmartBroom by Curling Tools with existent foam are nary longer approved for play.
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