{"id":1162996,"date":"2026-02-22T11:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1162996"},"modified":"2026-02-22T11:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:42:25","slug":"olympic-curling-scandal-like-foot-fault-in-tennis-or-traveling-in-basketball-canada-official-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/olympic-curling-scandal-like-foot-fault-in-tennis-or-traveling-in-basketball-canada-official-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic curling scandal like 'foot fault in tennis or traveling in basketball,' Canada official says"},"content":{"rendered":"

MILAN (AP) \u2014 The double-touching scandal<\/a> that plagued his country\u2019s curling<\/a> team was like \u201ca foot fault in tennis or traveling in basketball,\u201d the CEO of the Canadian Olympic Committee said on Sunday. <\/p>\n

David Shoemaker, who is also the committee\u2019s secretary general, was asked by The Associated Press about the controversy a day after the Canadian men swept aside the cheating allegations to claim gold<\/a> at the Milan Cortina Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He said it \u201cwas not cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me it\u2019s like a foot fault in tennis or traveling in basketball,\u201d Shoemaker added. \u201cIf LeBron James takes four steps on the way to the hoop, I wouldn’t say LeBron James is a cheater.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand the furor that\u2019s erupted on social media, but that part is not fair and hopefully we will see that go away.\u201d<\/p>\n

While there are officials to rule on foot faults in tennis and traveling in basketball, curling is mostly self-umpired. So the sport was sent into turmoil during the round-robin phase when Oskar Eriksson of Sweden accused Canada vice skip Marc Kennedy of touching the rock again after initially releasing it down the sheet of ice. Kennedy responded with an outburst full of expletives.<\/p>\n

\u201cMarc Kennedy probably regrets his choice of words,\u201d Shoemaker said. \u201cAnd he\u2019ll find the time and place to express that sentiment beyond what he\u2019s privately shared with his teammates and his family and the rest of us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Footage circulating online appeared to show Kennedy touching the granite stone with his outstretched finger after he had already released it.<\/p>\n

Kennedy received a verbal warning from governing body World Curling a day after the feisty back-and-forth with the Swedish team, when fingers were pointed and the Canadian player repeatedly swore.<\/p>\n

After receiving his gold medal, Kennedy said that he doesn’t know \u201cif people will ever understand what we went through this week as a team \u2014 what I put them through this week as a team.<\/p>\n

\u201cI let my emotions get the best of me,\u201d Kennedy added. \u201cI stood up for my teammates. I\u2019ll never back down from that. We moved on, we moved forward and we did something amazing and a weaker team would have fell flat on their face.\u201d<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Dampf reported from Cortina d’Ampezzo.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

AP Olympics: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics<\/a><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/olympic-curling-scandal-foot-fault-114225126.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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