A curling team in a mountain town near Barcelona claims to have invented the sport, one year before the Scots, nearly 500 years ago. But the evidence for this is sketchy at best — as is the seriousness of the team itself. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Vallvidrera, Spain.
This story originally aired on March 18, 2024.
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