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Canadian Curling Team Loses Semifinal, Misses World Championships

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  • Team Brad Jacobs lost their semifinal at the Canadian championships and will miss the World Championships.
  • The team faced allegations of cheating and had on-ice disputes with Swedish curlers during the Olympics.
  • Sweden's Oskar Eriksson expressed a desire for revenge but acknowledged positive feedback from the Canadian side.

According to major media reports, Team Brad Jacobs lost to Team Dunstone 3-7 in the semifinal of the Canadian championships. As a result, Team Brad Jacobs, which recently won the Olympics, will not play in the World Championships. The men's curling World Championships will be held in the USA from March 27 to April 5, where Team Edin will represent Sweden.

The women's World Championships will be held from March 14 to March 22, with Team Wranå, featuring Isabella Wranå as skip, representing Sweden. The Canadian team was noted for cheating against, among others, Team Niklas Edin during the Olympics. After Marc Kennedy touched his stones after they were released, Sweden's Oskar Eriksson protested.

It would be fun to get revenge and see if they say the same things as they said afterwards, face to face, or if they look down at the ground, as they did the second half of the Olympics.

Oskar Eriksson, Swedish curler

Kennedy responded to Eriksson with 'fuck off'. Sweden lost the match against Canada. The argument lived on during the Games and afterwards.

Canada accused Sweden of being part of a conspiracy. SVT was able to show video of how stones were touched, though the specific evidence in the video has not been detailed. Oskar Eriksson told DN over the weekend that he also received positive feedback from the Canadian side for Team Edin raising the rule violation, but the nature of that positive response is unclear.

Fuck off.

Marc Kennedy, Canadian curler

Eriksson hoped that Team Brad Jacobs would advance to the World Championships. There will be no reunion for the Canadians with Team Edin. ' The exact things said by Team Brad Jacobs after the Olympics that Eriksson referred to remain unknown.

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