In a tense moment on Friday, Sweden’s third Oskar Eriksson accused Canada’s Marc Kennedy of double‑touching the rock past the hog line during a Canada‑Sweden match. Officials saw no violation, but the dispute escalated into a heated exchange at the ninth‑end break.
World Curling responded by deploying two umpires to monitor all four sheets for hog‑line releases for the rest of the Games. The new scrutiny led to the removal of a stone from Canada’s Rachel Homan in the first end and from Great Britain’s Bobby Lammie in the ninth end, a first for both teams.