CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Maybe we’ve gotten the Canadians all wrong.
They seem to have the market cornered on niceness, the type of folks who always say hello and never have a bad word to say about anyone or anything. Certainly not the type to cause a ruckus or, gasp, cheat.
And yet …
For the second Olympics in a row, Canada is facing accusations that it’s playing fast and loose with the rules to get an edge. Last time it was soccer, when the Canadian women’s team was caught using drones to spy on opponents at the 2024 Paris Olympics. At the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, it’s curling. Curling!
Canada’s men’s team was called out not once but twice over the weekend for “double touching,” which can be either touching the stone after its release or touching the granite at any point. Then Canada’s women were accused of a similar offense.
