Canadian Olympic curler called for same violation that erupted issue on men’s side

The Canadian girls’s curling staff was the final staff to be focused on the Winter Olympics after they have been decided to have dedicated the identical foul as their male counterparts.

The Canadian teammates have been referred to as to “double contact,” or touching the stone once more after it was launched, in opposition to Switzerland on the Cortina Video games in Milan. The decision got here within the first a part of the sport on Saturday. Officers cited a violation and mentioned Rachel Homan touched her rock twice.

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Canada’s Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew and Tracy Fleury strategize throughout the girls’s curling spherical robin session in opposition to Switzerland on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Picture/Fatima Shbair)

The Canadian teammates have been offended concerning the name.

“Completely not,” Homan mentioned. “Zero % probability.”

Emma Miskew, Homan’s teammate, requested the official why the decision couldn’t be reviewed. The referee defined that the staff needed to belief the referee. World Curling doesn’t use video to evaluate the sport.

Homan mentioned she felt like she was being unfairly scrutinized due to the problems on the boys’s facet.

Canada’s Rachel Homan, Emma Miskew and Tracy Fleury strategize throughout the girls’s curling spherical robin session in opposition to Switzerland on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Picture/Fatima Shbair)

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Swedish roller Oskar Eriksson accused Canada’s Marc Kennedy of the identical foul throughout Canada’s 8-6 win within the round-robin match late Friday. Kennedy explicitly denied that he had damaged any guidelines.

‘I do not perceive the decision. I am going to by no means perceive. We have by no means accomplished that earlier than,” Homan mentioned. “It has nothing to do with us.”

Canada’s Emma Miskew, Sarah Wilkes and Rachel Homan compete in opposition to Switzerland’s Alina Paetz and Silvana Tirinzoni throughout the girls’s curling spherical robin session on the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, February 14, 2026. (AP Picture/Fatima Shbair)

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Switzerland received the match 8-7. Canada has misplaced its final three matches, together with to the US, for the primary time in Olympic historical past.

The Related Press contributed to this report.

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