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.

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  • ValueSubtracted@startrek.website
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    1 day ago

    this is a common strategy among cheaters in curling

    Very confidently stated, but I really don’t think it is.

    it is illegal to do for precisely that reason.

    It’s illegal because it’s way simpler to implement a “no touching” rule than to try to define game-changing and non game-changing touches in a way that would be enforceable.

    And again, I have absolutely no problem with the rule being enforced, even though I don’t think for a hot second that it impacted the game.

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      19 hours ago

      If it doesn’t help. Why risk doing it if it’s against the rules?