cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7671573
Sweden knew Canada's Marc Kennedy was a notorious cheater.
So they set up a camera at the 'hog line' to record it.
And caught him doing it at the Olympics.
this post was submitted on 17 Feb 2026
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I can't imagine why people think it wouldn't have an effect. This is a sport where brooms have an effect. Why wouldn't a push have an effect? And if it had no effect why do they do it?
It is really besides the point. It is against the rules, that team is a bunch of immoral cheats and so is everyone defending them pieces of shit you shouldn't trust to pour you coffee.
The brooms affect the ice in front of the rock, which changes the rock's behaviour as it moves over the swept patch. You have to exert quite a bit of force to push the rock directly.
Sometimes by accident, I'm sure. And probably more relevant, sometimes out of sheer laziness.
Ah let's be honest here.... That was neither laziness nor accidental.
Look, I find extending a finger to give the stone a boop after release completely baffling...but there's no chance at all that it affected the trajectory of the thing. You might as well "cheat" by blowing on it.
I think he thought the boop was going to do something. It was entirely deliberate. The guy clearly cheated.
Accident? He's done it multiple times. The women's team did it too.
Yeah, as the article I linked indicated, a lot of players simply don't consider it an infraction, and therefore don't give a damn whether they do it.
And for probably the fifth time, I have no problem with the rule being enforced.
Alright. If you are gonna argue that was an accident then you just aren't someone worth discussing things with. My god....
Insinuating that everyone always performs perfectly at the Olympics? I just watched a woman cry because she only landed a double-spin instead of a triple during the figure skating competiton. I supposed she didn't land her jump on purpose too?
Don't get me wrong, I don't believe he accidentally touched the rock, but I am shocked you find it so unbelievable that someone could be so focused on where their rock is going that they didn't pay enough attention to how their hand was positioned after they let go of the rock. High pressure situations create surprising mistakes.
Probably cuz he's done more than once while he's been at the olympics? Do you think that could be why I thought that?
Having been the one to originally use the word "accident," I should probably amend that to "habitual." A bad habit that people generally don't call, that the Swedish team doesn't appreciate (and is technically correct about).