US EditionMore conflict in curling as Canadian women are accused of the same violation as men
Allegations of double-touching stones have expanded beyond Canada to include British and other teams, prompting increased umpire monitoring and calls for video replay use.
- On Saturday at the Milan Cortina Olympics, an official called a foul and removed Rachel Homan's stone for touching after release in Canada's women's curling game against Switzerland.
- Following the men's controversy, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson accused Canadian men's curler Marc Kennedy of the same infraction late Friday, but Kennedy denied wrongdoing, used profanity on ice, and later apologized, while critics said it spurred closer officiating checks.
- Broadcast footage suggested contact, Emma Miskew asked officials why video couldn't be used, but World Curling rules do not allow video review, so the call stood.
- After an early win over Denmark, Canada's women's curling team has lost their last three matches, including their historic Friday defeat to the United States women's curling team.
- Umpires are situated at sheet ends and therefore cannot see every delivery, but when alerted they observe delivery for three ends; World Curling will position two officials to observe all deliveries beginning Saturday.
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goSkagitCurling controversy widens as Britain is accused of the same infraction as Canada
The curling controversy at the Winter Olympics has continued for a third day. On Sunday, increased surveillance of the matches resulted in the removal of a stone thrown by the British men’s team for the same alleged violation that burned…
There were three instances of double contact, and the referees even removed two stones from the game on Saturday, citing the irregularity. But not everyone would be happy with the video replay either.
Curling controversy widens as another team is accused of same infraction as Canada
The curling controversy at the Winter Olympics widened Sunday as increased surveillance of the matches resulted in the removal of a stone thrown by the British men’s team for the same alleged violation that burned the Canadians two days in a row. In the ninth end of Britain’s round-robin game against Germany, officials said Scottish curler Bobby Lammie had touched a stone after releasing it down the ice. Such “double-touching” is against the rul…
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