"Controversy over illegal filming?" Cheating is your fault" Olympic blasts... What the hell is going on [Milan Olympics]

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At the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, there was an all-time cheating scandal that shook curling events. Canada and Sweden, rivals competing for gold medals, even exchanged abusive language toward each other, sparking a huge controversy on the ice.

The U.S. media 'Fox News' reported on the 16th (Korea Standard Time) that "Canada's curling team has responded head-on by raising suspicions of violating Olympic filming regulations against Sweden, which has driven them to a cheating team."

The start was last Friday's qualifying round for men's curling. Sweden has sparked a worldwide controversy, claiming that Canadian players committed a so-called double-touching foul in which they touched again after throwing stones.

In response, Canada's Mark Kennedy countered that Sweden planned inappropriate filming to catch their pitching moves. "I know Sweden has planned to catch other teams' fouls on the Hogline since the start of the Olympics," Kennedy told reporters, adding, "It is clear from the Swedish coaches' words and the way they run to the referee that something was intentionally trying to trap us."

On the same day, 'AP News' also reported that "Kennedy, who is at the center of this controversy, protested that he was by no means a fraud."

It is understood that he even went back and forth with abusive language. Kennedy partially admitted that "I could have dealt with it better" when Sweden's Oscar Eriksson responded violently, saying, "Get off" when he raised suspicions of double-touching during the game, but stressed that "I never intentionally committed a foul to gain."

The controversy heated up further when a video spread online that appeared to show Kennedy's finger crossing the Hogline and touching Stone's granite section. The Olympic Broadcasting Service (OBS) officially announced that the video shared on social networking services (SNS) was not produced by themselves. In response, Canadian Curling Federation CEO Nolan Thiessen expressed doubts, saying, "I was surprised that there was a live video that filmed Hogline directly outside the OBS regulations."

On the other hand, Sweden's Niklas Edin flatly denied allegations of inappropriate filming. "The video was filmed by a Swedish public broadcaster to explain the situation to viewers," Edin said. "We have been pointing out the Hogline problem for the past seven to eight years, and this time we have informed the referee of the foul for a fair game."

The scandal did not stop there, but also spread to the women's team. In Saturday's women's game, the stone was removed following a referee's decision that Canada's Rachel Homan touched it again after placing it. Homan strongly protested, but the decision was not reversed because there was no official replay review under the rules of the World Curling Federation. In addition, the Swiss men's national team also seems to be raising doubts about Canada, informing the referees that Canada is committing a double-touching foul.

"Touching the handle over the Hogline or touching Stone's granite part during pitching motion is strictly prohibited," the World Curling Federation said in a statement. "Since the controversy erupted, we have deployed two additional referees to monitor all pitches from Saturday's game."

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