Curling controversy widens as Britain is accused of the same infraction as Canada

The curling controversy at the Winter Olympics widened Sunday as increased surveillance of the matches resulted in the removal of a stone thrown by the British men’s team for the same alleged violation that burned the Canadians two days in a row.

The controversy began Friday night with an allegation of double-touching against the Canadian men by their Swedish opponents; a day later, a stone was removed from the Canadian women’s match against Switzerland.

Videos circulating on social media appeared to show both Canadian curlers double-touching the rocks but both teams denied wrongdoing.

Some curlers said the double-touching infraction had never been called out with this level of intensity in past competitions and it can be difficult to tell if someone is guilty of it.

World Curling does not use video replays for reviewing penalties during games.

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