The sedate sport of curling got a bit testy on Friday at the Cortina Winter Olympics, as Sweden accused Canada of cheating.
Source: New York Post
A curling match between Canada and Sweden on Friday erupted with a profanity-laced back-and-forth over cheating allegations.
Near the end of the contest, an 8-6 win for Canada’s Team Brad Jacobs over Sweden’s Team Niklas Edin, Oskar Eriksson of the Swedes appeared to accuse Canada’s Marc Kennedy of double-touching stones to gain an advantage.
Kennedy didn’t take it well.
“I haven’t done it once,” Kennedy said on the ice during an exchange caught on camera. “You can f–k off.”
Eriksson doubled down.
“I’ll show you a video after the game,” Eriksson said. “I’ll show you a video where it’s two meters over the hog line.”
“Come on, Oskar. Just f–k off,” Kennedy replied.
In the end, the umpires ruled that they couldn’t tell if any infraction had been made and Canada went on to win 8-6, dropping the defending Olympic champions to 0-3 in defense of their title.
The Swedes maintain this is irrefutable proof that they cheated.
A similar video above here, as the original has a copyright issue.
And the inevitable memes.
