The curling world is in shock today with news originating from Lausanne, headquarters of the International Olympic Committee.

Great Britain has suddenly been awarded an Olympic gold medal in curling ... 82 years after the fact (photo shows the GB squad in action).

After an investigation launched by the IOC following a media inquiry, it has been ruled that the Olympic curling event held in Chamonix in 1924 was not a demonstration event after all, and has now been declared the real deal. As such, Scotland's Robin Welsh, Willie and Laurence Jackson and Tom Murray will enter the record books as curling's first-ever Olympic gold medallists, a full 74 years before Switzerland's Patrick Hürlimann and Canada's Sandra Schmirler won gold in Nagano.

“This is all news to me,” said World Curling Federation secretary-general Mike Thomson in an interview with The Curling News.

“I've not had time to check this out. However, if it means that curling in Chamonix in 1924 is now being recognized as an Official Winter Sport, we are delighted. 

“It is just a pity it took another 74 years before it appeared as such again.”

Obviously this is breaking news, and the ramifications are somewhat unknown, but we'll keep you posted as we uncover more info.

Elsewhere in our never-dull curling Blogsphere:

• PEI's Suzanne Gaudetis back in the Scott TOH, and so is Quebec's Eve Belisle;
• Turin-bound Olympianshave descended on Winnipeg... and so has Darth Vader;
• Saskatoon's Stefanie Lawton is now off to provincials, but Sherry Anderson is out;
• The infamous Rudy was spotted over the weekend;
• A look at curling in Boise, Idaho;
• And a feature on British Olympic men's skip David Murdoch.