Author: Emily Bond

For what is usually a somewhat slower sport at a winter Olympics, this year’s Curling has garnered much eager attention following cheating allegations, arguments and a reclarification on rules. At the centre of the drama is Canada’s Marc Kennedy, part of the quartet that controversially went on to beat competition-favourites Great Britain. This controversy began in an earlier match, Canada versus Sweden, when Swedish Oskar Eriksson accused Canada’s Marc Kennedy of ‘double-touching’ the stone, an accusation that was followed by an explosive dispute between the two. Kennedy denied it but Eriksson had the footage, something that was later shared with…

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