Did Canada Just Get Caught Cheating In The Olympics?

This year’s Winter Olympics have gone largely unnoticed.

Granted, most winter Olympic sports don’t have as many supporters as their Summer counterparts.

However, a move by a Canadian Olympic athlete has gained worldwide attention, but for the wrong reasons.

A curler for Canada has been accused of “double touching” during his team’s match against Sweden.

The Associated Press reported more on the controversy:

The Canadian curler at the center of a spiraling controversy at the Milan Cortina Olympics insisted Saturday he was not a cheat and postulated that his team might be the target of a “premeditated” attack by Sweden, one of its biggest rivals for the gold medal.

Marc Kennedy acknowledged he “probably could have handled it better” after launching an expletive-laden outburst toward Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson, who accused him of breaking rules by “double-touching” — essentially, touching the rock again after initially releasing it down the sheet of ice — during Canada’s 8-6 win in round-robin play late Friday.

However, the 44-year-old Kennedy said he did not, and that he has never deliberately taken to the ice “with the intention of getting an advantage through cheating.”

Footage circulating online appeared to show Kennedy breaching curling rules by touching the granite stone with his outstretched finger after he had already released it. Asked about the footage, Kennedy said: “Yes, I’m not even going there. I’ve never even known that to be a concern before. It’s never ever come up in conversation.”

“And if somebody said to you, ‘Hey, do you double-touch all the time?’ I honestly, in that split second of a moment, I couldn’t even tell you if I do or not,” he said.

He added that he has his own theory, suggesting the whole thing might have been “premeditated planning to try to catch us.”

Here’s the move in question:

So sad to see the video of Canadian Olympian Marc Kennedy who got caught cheating for Team Canada in curling today. He was confronted by the Swedish team and reacted with a disservice to Canada. pic.twitter.com/BYKjVv2xsv

— John Tomkinson (@johnwtomkinson) February 14, 2026

Fox News reported the Canadian women’s curling team is also facing accusations of cheating:

The controversy even bled onto the women’s side Saturday.

Canadian curler Rachel Homan had her stone removed after an official ruled that she had touched it again after releasing the handle. Homan protested, but, according to World Curling’s rules, there are no official replays, and the official’s final call stands.

According to The Athletic, video replay of the incident did show Homan’s finger grazing the rock.

⭕️ Canada — Curling Controversy. Again.

A Canadian women’s curler was penalized for the same infraction that recently sparked controversy in the men’s event, saying afterward, “I’ve never done it in my life.” — @nypost pic.twitter.com/VKNXSVz1tT

— ZIONS OF ISRAEL (@Israeli_Sniper) February 15, 2026

How do you feel about it?