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“We’re going to talk about going to eight ends,” she said. “If that’s put on the table, it’ll be voted on in September in Budapest and, if approved, all our events would be eight ends for the entire next Olympic cycle.”

Another thing going before the board: the creation of a World Cup.

“It’ll be called the Curling World Cup. The idea is to have four events annually made for TV. Two events would be held in China because China is supplying our sponsors,” she said of the federation, which added China clothing firm 361º as world championship title sponsor this year.

“The first one would be in September in China, the next one would be in December in the USA, the next one would be in Europe in January and the final would be in May in Beijing,” Caithness added.

“There would be eight men’s teams, eight women’s teams and eight mixed doubles. It would have a big pot of prize money but how much I don’t know. We have to get it through the board to finalize it.”

Caithness said points from the men’s, women’s and mixed doubles would be combined.

The WCF boss said she’s still walking on air from curling’s success at the Olympics.

“Quite frankly, what happened to our sport at the Olympics was beyond our expectations,” said Caithness.

“Curling received unprecedented exposure at the Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games. The success of curling was just outstanding. TV has just gone through the roof. I know NBC was absolutely delighted.

“The one thing that came out of Korea and really exploded the sport was the Garlic Girls from Korea. We’re very happy with the legacy. The venue will remain for 12 months so people can come and try the sport and it may become a dedicated curling facility. The mixed doubles was just fabulous and I’m quietly optimistic we’ll go from eight teams to 16 for the next Olympics.