The dispute between team Niklas Edin and Canada escalated after the Swedes accused the Canadians of cheating in the Olympics, when they touched their stones after releasing them. Canada aroused anger around the world when they cheated in the Olympic curling, according to major media reports. Many curlers have talked about the incident since then, with Fredrik Nyman from Sollefteå saying he has thought a lot about not touching the stone by mistake ahead of the Swedish Championships. Coach Fredrik Lindberg now wants to see changes, and according to SVT Sport, Fredrik Lindberg described the need to address the issue, comparing it to a handball in football but noting curling lacks a referee culture.
Expressen's media podcast "Lägg ut" awards the prize to someone who diligently, and with great personality, rakes forward the slightly smaller stories that win over the audience. On Thursday, Tobias Jonsson, who is based at SVT's editorial office in Östersund, will receive the prize at Expressen in Stockholm. The jury's motivation states that gold shovels and the Grand Journalism Prize are all well and good, but the revelations that really grab the audience are often of a completely different nature, adding that Tobias 'Totte' Jonsson made the Olympics' funniest scoop and got the whole world talking about curling's pet-gate.
We need to address it. It's like a handball in football, but on a football pitch you have a referee who blows for a free kick. In curling, we don't have a culture where we have a referee with a whistle in their mouth.
The Sports Minister stops new cheating in curling, according to major media reports. During the Paralympics, they have been monitored by Sweden's Sports Minister, and according to Expressen Sport, Jakob Forssmed described having a little extra eye on the Canadians. The specific changes coach Fredrik Lindberg wants to see implemented in curling have not been detailed, and what exactly Canada's Marc Kennedy did that was considered cheating in the Olympic curling remains unclear from the available reports. The actions Sweden's Sports Minister has taken to monitor the Canadian team during the Paralympics are unspecified, and the outcome or resolution of the cheating accusation between team Edin and Canada has not been confirmed. How the curling community has responded to the incident, beyond the comments from Fredrik Nyman and Fredrik Lindberg, is not fully documented.
I have a little extra eye on the Canadians.