To make his quest interesting, Frei, born to a Swiss father and Filipino mom who grew up in Leyte, gave himself a target very few manage to hit: the Olympics. “So my decision was I wanted to be ...

"You have no chance for Switzerland, but you have a small chance for the Winter Olympics, representing the Philippines in cross-country skiing," the lawyer told Frei, whose mother is Filipino.

But the quad still has to join the Pre-Olympic Qualifying event from Oct. 17 to 24, and the Olympic Qualification event from Dec. 6 to 13. Frei has only two years of experience in curling.

Around the Canada Pavillion in 1967. Image © Cortomaltais via Wikipedia under license CC-BY-SA-4.0 When it comes to the venues, however, the issue of adaptive reuse ...

"It's just absolutely wild," said Frei, who only started curling in 2023. But he said the win doesn't guarantee they will make it to the ultimate stage, the Winter Olympics. "We were also lucky ...