2026 Olympic curling's big stone-touching controversy is raging on two months later

TORONTO — Two months after the 2026 Winter Olympics, the controversy that rocked the curling tournament hasn’t been swept away.During the Olympics, Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson repeatedly called out Team Canada — and specifically Marc Kennedy, who threw third stones for Canada — for double-touching a rock on the granite part after the point at which players must release the stone (known as the hog line). This ignited a firestorm in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, the Olympic host city, and resulted in officials monitoring athletes’ stone deliveries and changes to the sport’s rulebook.Advertisement