#WinterOlympics #WinterOlympics2026

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

#WinterOlympics #WinterOlympics2026

#Drama!

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#Curling #Canada #Sweden #Sverige

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

I'm siding with #Sweden here

I'm no #curling expert but the crux of the matter seems to be you can't touch the curling stone after you release the handle, because you can nudge it in an unfair way. And the Canadian curler did touch it after releasing it

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#WinterOlympics #WinterOlympics2026 #Drama #Canada #Sverige

[cedara@social.tchncs.de]

@benroyce No action was taken against Canada?

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Cedara

apparently the swedish team did appeal to the judges

and apparently neither the touching of the stone, nor the "fuck off" was addressed by the judges

i don't have any details as to why/ specific context/ etc

also apparently while the swedish team was being interviewed after the game, the offending canadian player walked by and started yelling something at them

drama!

[malte@radikal.social]

@benroyce One of the few sports where the drama is literally amplified by microphones. I think the talking is phalf of the fun watching the sport. The same part of me that likes chess players who talk about the game while they play the game.