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Ping Huang

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Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Right.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Like if he had been holding the sensor when it crossed the hog line, it would have gone off and the stone would have been automatically disqualified.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

But the issue here was that he let go of the sensor and was touching the stone as it crossed the hog line, according to the allegations here.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

And maybe, you know, maybe your own eyes.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Maybe you can figure this out, eh?

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

You and all the internet.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Okay, so they have responded.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

They said that they didn't see it happen during the match, so they couldn't call a violation.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

They don't use video replays, so they're not going to go back and re-adjudicate it.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

But on Saturday, the World Curling officials said that they had issued a warning to Canada for inappropriate language because of the swears that had gone through.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

And they also said that going forward that they were going to be putting more officials into the game to watch the hog line as people were throwing their rocks.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Now, another twist in this was that just yesterday they said, never mind, we're not going to do that.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

We talked to the teams and decided that the officials will be hanging around, but they're only going to be observing when they're invited to or when asked.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

So that's the latest on this, but that has not stopped the entire internet from stepping in to adjudicate this.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

And I have to say the memes have been amazing.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Total shock.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Yeah, absolutely.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

And another thing, A, is that like everyone says that the Canadians are really, really good at curling.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

Like they don't need to be cheating or even, you know, like they shouldn't have the wisp of cheating anywhere near them.

Up First from NPR
Cheating in the most-polite sport, curling and what is "sledhead?"

They're already so good.