Curling is elegant and strategic

[pat c]

Double-touched the handle before the hog line? After the hog line? Touched the granite?

Before the hog line and on the granite.

A curling rock weights about 40 pounds (38-44). Curlers practise their slide and their arm extension for a smooth rock delivery.
A finger touching the rock would have zero effect on the rock afaik. It might be wise to remove Marc Kennedy and put in the alternate. Sad state of affairs.

 

[marbri]

For those who don't understand what is going on here this video explains it (you may need VPN to watch it):

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7090615

What Sweden started here is akin to what the US is trying to do with the ice dance results. It's These things have no impact on the throw. Latest incident happens to GB getting rock pulled in 9th end. These players are not cheating...

https://x.com/Devin_Heroux/status/2023005992175440166

 

[Dave of the North]

Meanwhile Sweden lost to the US men and Swedish chances of making the playoffs are slipping away...

 

[Lynn226]

Stephen Nedoroscik, the pommel horse guy, has a doppelganger in curling.

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[Karen-W]

Meanwhile Sweden lost to the US men and Swedish chances of making the playoffs are slipping away...

And the US women are continuing to roll, beating China in a thriller earlier today. They sit at 4-1 having already beaten Canada, Korea & China with their only loss coming to Sweden's women.

 

[Vagabond]

Who knew curlers were so touchy?

 

[pat c]

Who knew curlers were so touchy?

You have no idea. Look up broomgate, according to that fiasco there are still teams that have hard feelings.

 

[Cachoo]

I want to know if the American team ever dressed like the American team in "Men With Brooms."

 

[Sylvia]

Moving here from the figure skating fluff on social media thread - posted ~ 1 hour ago :

What did the Canadian curler do (at competition)? Did he touch a stone?

Boopgate.

Canadian curler accused by Swedes of double touching stone.

He had a meltdown and told Swedes to F off.

Lots of videos online showing the boop.

Lots of interpretation and mis-interpretation of rules.

Federation makes a statement.

Canadian women’s player and Great Britain men’s player accused of double touch today with stones removed.

Canadian women’s and Great Britain players today didn’t have boops just a slight feathering as they removed their hands from releasing the stones.

Refs observing are implementing rules as announced by Federation but it’s akin to when the technical caller started calling base and level 1 twizzles on the ice dancers mid-season.

Mess.

 

[Lynn226]

You have no idea. Look up broomgate, according to that fiasco there are still teams that have hard feelings.

I asked Google about it. The AI summary called the issue "technology doping."

 

[Vagabond]

You have no idea. Look up broomgate, according to that fiasco there are still teams that have hard feelings.

Apparently, some of Canada's best curlers were swept up in the controversy.