""You can f*** off.""
""You don't touch 20kg of granite with your fingertips without feeling it, it's completely impossible," Edin said, "We, in the sport, know how very few grams of pressure can change the speed when it already has a movement forward. You can move some degree of the angle (too).""
""I've curled my whole life, never once with the intention of getting an advantage through cheating," he said after the match, "So when (my integrity) gets attacked, I get my back up and get a little bit aggressive.""
A hot mic captured Canadian curler Marc Kennedy cursing at Swedish player Oskar Eriksson during the Canada vs Sweden Olympic match after the ninth end. Kennedy told Eriksson, "You can f*** off," after Sweden repeatedly accused him of touching a stone beyond the hog line. Swedish skip Niklas Edin said Kennedy was "poking the rock" and argued that a fingertip on a 20kg stone can alter speed and angle, claiming the act was impossible to miss. Officials at either end did not see any violations and did not make calls. Kennedy denied cheating and said he reacts defensively when integrity is attacked. The incident raised questions about sportsmanship and enforcement of the hog-line rule.
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