Men's Curling Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026

[Josh 12,648]

29 minutes ago, Swewi said:

Well it all started already after 2nd end and then they talked to the umpire. And the immediate reaction was to say the same accusations about Oskar instead to the umpire.
this can not be seen in any other way as well rehearsed cheating. 

You are allowed since a few years back to double touch the handle but you may never touch the granite. It is just like doing it with the broom further down the sheet

Agree with pretty much everything you said and I definitely see issues with it, but it’s not cheating and I don’t think it was intentional. Cheating would be if the rule on it explicitly state that you can’t touch the rock twice/granite before it reaches the hog-line. 
 

This leaves a lot of room for confusion and although maybe Kennedy thought he wasn’t doing anything wrong, he was a bit of a dick the way he went about it 

 

Now, reading after these, he “technically” didn’t break any rules, but it probably should’ve be a burned rock. Then again it’s not clear enough. 
 

I hope situations like these can be avoided in the future. 

[Grassmarket 4,200]

43 minutes ago, Josh said:

Agree with pretty much everything you said and I definitely see issues with it, but it’s not cheating and I don’t think it was intentional. Cheating would be if the rule on it explicitly state that you can’t touch the rock twice/granite before it reaches the hog-line. 
 

This leaves a lot of room for confusion and although maybe Kennedy thought he wasn’t doing anything wrong, he was a bit of a dick the way he went about it 

 

Now, reading after these, he “technically” didn’t break any rules, but it probably should’ve be a burned rock. Then again it’s not clear enough. 
 

I hope situations like these can be avoided in the future. 

So the only part of the stone you can touch is the handle. Any other part is a foul.

 

[Josh 12,648]

5 minutes ago, Grassmarket said:

So the only part of the stone you can touch is the handle. Any other part is a foul.

 

It says the stone must be delivered using the handle actually 

[Agger 1,787]

I'm no expert so won't really say what is wrong and what isn't, but the Canadian team was certainly everything but sportsmanlike. 

The Swedish team mentions it. The Canadian team quickly says Oskar did it as well. 

Then positioning 2 players by the hogline. Without a doubt to play the mental game.

Then the "Fuck off".

And even in the mixed zone the Canadians do their best to disturb the Swedish interview...

 

R.I.P. Gentlemen sport  

 

Hopefully this will make the curling federation consider the rules and what to do. According to the Swedish women there have been talks about a video referee.

[Swewi 484]

1 hour ago, Josh said:

Agree with pretty much everything you said and I definitely see issues with it, but it’s not cheating and I don’t think it was intentional. Cheating would be if the rule on it explicitly state that you can’t touch the rock twice/granite before it reaches the hog-line. 
 

This leaves a lot of room for confusion and although maybe Kennedy thought he wasn’t doing anything wrong, he was a bit of a dick the way he went about it 

 

Now, reading after these, he “technically” didn’t break any rules, but it probably should’ve be a burned rock. Then again it’s not clear enough. 
 

I hope situations like these can be avoided in the future. 

Yeah burned stone. Only cheating if intential but to do this repeatedly several players from the same team and this was not the first time from this team, and other teams have also the last 2 seasons been using this "technique". And this is not something that happens by mistake. To burk a stone while sweeping can happend. I have myself Done that several times but from playing on a pretty high level many years I have never ever on practice or in a game been close to do this by mistake.