sports
February 14, 2026
‘I told him where to stick it’: Cheating claims fly in Canada v Sweden Winter Olympics curling clash
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.
TL;DR
- Sweden's team alleged that Canada's curlers were double touching the stone during a curling match.
- The incident led to a heated exchange between the third players, Marc Kennedy (Canada) and Oskar Eriksson (Sweden).
- Electronic handles on stones are used to detect hog line violations, flashing red if contact is made beyond the line.
- World Curling stated that no hog line violations or retouches of the stone were observed during a three-end monitoring period after the issue was raised.
- Canada won the match against Sweden with a score of 8-6.
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