Sweden accused Canada of violating curling rules, and it went downhill from there.
Every Olympic curling stone begins on Ailsa Craig, a tiny uninhabited island off Scotland. The island produces the ultra-dense granite, including the rare “blue hone,” found nowhere else in the world, used to make the 44-pound stones seen at the Winter Olympics.
WATCH HERE It was near the end of the match when Sweden's vice-captain, Oskar Eriksson, accused his Canadian counterpart, Marc Kennedy, of cheating. Kennedy had a strong reaction.Olympics live updates: Women's cross-country skiing medal event; USA men's hockey returns to ice To catch you up, there's a rule in curling where you can't touch a released stone after it passes the hog line, a thick line painted across the ice 21 feet from"where each team stands."the house." That's the target area. Twitter had a field day with its frame-by-frame circling of the alleged violations. A statement from Olympics officials, however, found no wrongdoing on Canada's part, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Ultimately, Canada won the match 8-6. The United States lost to Canada 6-3 earlier in the Winter Olympics. The men face Germany in a preliminary match on Saturday.
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