{"id":146427,"date":"2024-04-02T18:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-do-all-olympic-curling-stones-come-from-a-small-scottish-island-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T18:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T17:00:19","slug":"why-do-all-olympic-curling-stones-come-from-a-small-scottish-island-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-do-all-olympic-curling-stones-come-from-a-small-scottish-island-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do all Olympic curling stones come from a small Scottish island? | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1OIQNlEpykw\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why do all Olympic curling stones come from a small Scottish island? | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1OIQNlEpykw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>For more than 170 years, a small Scottish business has been crafting curling stones by hand using rock found on an island off the country\u2019s west coast.<\/p>\n<p>Kays Scotland is the only company in the world accredited to produce the stones used for Olympic and World Championships matches.<\/p>\n<p>The granite &#8211; thought to be some of the strongest and densest ever discovered &#8211; is harvested from the island of Ailsa Craig roughly once every decade.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Curling #Scotland #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For more than 170 years, a small Scottish business has been crafting curling stones by hand using rock found on an island off the country\u2019s west coast. 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