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They must release it before it crosses the hog line or it gets removed from play.
During the match, the Swedes accused the Canadians more than once of touching the stone after it had passed the line, and Mark Kennedy, on Team Canada, responded with an expletive.
Game officials, who sit at either end of the sheet, say they didn't see a double touch so they couldn't call it.
The controversy is unusual in curling, a sport that prides itself on good sportsmanship and which players are supposed to call their own fouls.
Sports officials have issued a language warning to the Canadians and will assign officials to watch the rock throws going forward.
In the 500-meter speed skate, Stoltz was paired with Yannick Dubot, a top sprinter from the Netherlands.
It was a rematch between them.
They last raced side-by-side in the 1,000-meter event on Wednesday to the same result.
Stoltz winning gold, setting a new Olympic record, Dubot close behind with the silver.
Stolz wasn't basking in his victories.
He was looking ahead to his next event, the 1500 Meters Thursday.
Bronze medalist Laurent Dubré from Canada called Stolz the greatest speed skater of all time.
Stolz will also race in the Mass Start event next Saturday.
He's hoping to win gold in all of them.
On Friday, the Canadian men's team won a round-robin match against Sweden, but the victory was overshadowed by an altercation.
In curling, players throw a granite stone down the ice.
They must release it before it crosses the hog line or it gets removed from play.
During the match, the Swedes accused the Canadians more than once of touching the stone after it had passed the line, and Mark Kennedy, on Team Canada, responded with an expletive.