Canada claim heated victory at Winter Olympics
Both teams accuse each other of violations
Tensions boiled over as Brad Jacobs’ Canada beat Sweden 8-6 in an intense round-robin curling game on Friday, with Niklas Edin’s team alleging that their opponents were double touching the stone during the contest.
Trouble began early when the game was halted after Sweden claimed Canada’s curlers were touching the stone following release and asked officials to keep an eye out for further incidents. In response, Canada asked for the officials to do the same on Sweden’s delivery, leading to a frosty atmosphere between the teams.
After Sweden scored two in the penultimate end to leave Canada with the hammer and a 7-6 lead, there was another heated exchange between the teams’ thirds, Marc Kennedy and Oskar Eriksson. Eriksson told Kennedy he would show him a replay of his Canadian opponent touching the stone repeatedly. Kennedy reponded by telling his counterpart to “fuck off”.
