A brewing controversy is arising in the Olympic curling competition, involving accusations of cheating, denials involving F-bombs and an international governing body having to explain why it effectively relies on the honor system at times.
So why did a game involving Canada and Sweden’s men’s teams devolve into this situation? Well, we’re here to fill you in.
Canada took the win in an 8-6 thriller, but the drama wasn’t just on the ice.
In Friday’s round-robin game, Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson suggested that Canada’s Marc Kennedy broke the rules by touching the curling stone after it was released.
Kennedy shot back, Eriksson rebutted, multiple F-bombs were dropped and Kennedy eventually earned an inappropriate behavior warning from World Curling.
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