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Posted on 02/15/2026 8:05:06 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Canadian women’s curling skip Rachel Homan sounded off Saturday after she had a rock pulled in an 8-7 loss to Switzerland, claiming she was unfairly punished for a ‘double-touching’ controversy involving Canada and Sweden in the men’s draw.
Homan’s first rock of the game was pulled by the umpire, who ruled she touched the granite after releasing the handle. The draw didn’t touch any other stones and it was removed when it came to rest.
Clearly frustrated after losing in an extra end, Homan was asked by reporters if she felt she was being unfairly treated.
“100 per cent,” Homan said. “Without a doubt.”
Canada managed a single in the first end and led 4-0 after three. But Silvana Tirinzoni’s side pulled ahead with a four-point seventh end and won when Alina Paetz drew the button in the 11th.
The loss left Canada with a 1-3 record with five round-robin games to play.
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OMG, never touch your Rocks
At least not during open competition.
People who cheat at curling are lower than Floridians who instigate a 25 person dill pickle ball riot.
Tom Homan curls?
At least not after releasing the handle!
I’ve seen multiple headlines/excerpts on ‘curling’ relating to the olympics and still have neither a clue nor a hint of curiosity to learn anything whatsoever about ‘curling’...
Too bad for you. It’s a great sport. Way more fun than being the guy that goes onto random threads to tell people you’re not interested.
For being among the most obscure of sports, it sure instigates some saucy and funny commentary!!!
Hahahahahah
“””and still have neither a clue nor a hint of curiosity to learn anything whatsoever about ‘curling’...”””
Elite athletes in perfect shape who work out several minutes every single month push a rock on the ice and some janitors sweep the ice in front of it until it hits another rock. Very fascinating.....if you are hammered.
It’s like slow motion bowling.
Well, it does contain funny words like rocks and handles.
Thanks for such an enlightening comment
When I worked up in Calgary I learned that a lot of beer gets consumed during a curling match so there's that.
I guess everyone has seen the Roomba curling videos people are making. Here’s one:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/1QctMHlta6o
SPOTW
Bocce on ice
Put a leading globalist banker in charge of the country, and what do you expect?
“I’ve seen multiple headlines/excerpts on ‘curling’ relating to the olympics and still have neither a clue nor a hint of curiosity to learn anything whatsoever about ‘curling’...”
You saw ‘curling’ in the headline and you were curious ...
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