Ping Huang

He told them to buzz off, but in stronger words, on live television.

And this, in the world of curling, was totally shocking, because as you mentioned, it's a very polite sport.

It's usually polite, wholesome, very family-friendly.

So Canada says that this was a strategy to get them off their game, and they have suggested that they continue to be persecuted.

So on Saturday, Canada's women's team got a rock pulled for the same exact reason, and their skip, Rachel Homan, said that they might be getting targeted for having the maple leaf on their backs.

So, A, I think the problem is that he was touching any part of the rock at all as it was passing the hog line.

That was like the main violation.

You know, his finger was still held on the line, according to the Swedes, not according to Canada, but according to the Swedes, as it crossed that green line that you see on the screen.

And I will say also that after this, World Curling did issue a clarification of the rules, which said that at no point during the game should you ever be touching a rock in forward motion.

You know, you have to release it from the handle, obviously, but you should not be touching it afterwards.

So that was a clarification that they made after this whole scandal started.

Yeah, absolutely.

Right.

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.

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.

And maybe, you know, maybe your own eyes.

Maybe you can figure this out, eh?

You and all the internet.

Okay, so they have responded.

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