The double touch is becoming a theme of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics.
One day after the Canadian men’s curling team was called out by Sweden for the purported infraction, the women’s team was actually called for a double touch against Switzerland.
Rachel Homan, a three-time gold medalist in the World Championships, was called for a double-touch rules violation in the first end on Saturday at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
On top of that, she was caught on a hot mic in a heated moment with officials.
Officials said Canada touched the stone after releasing the handle, which is against curling rules.
The stone was removed from play.
“Like absolutely not,” Homan said on mics picked up by the broadcast. “Zero percent chance [I double-touched the rock]. … I’ve never done it in my life.”
Switzlerand ended up winning the match, 8-7.
The Canadian women have lost three straight contests and are 1-3 in these Winter Games.
After the match, Homan still didn’t quite get what the officials saw.
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“I don’t understand the call,” Homan said, per the CBC. “I’ll never understand it. We’ve never done that.”
The spillover on Saturday came after an eruption on Friday when Oskar Eriksson of Sweden appeared to accuse Canada’s Marc Kennedy of double-touching stones.
Kennedy did not take the accusations lightly — or well.
“I haven’t done it once,” Kennedy said on the ice during an exchange caught on camera. “You can f–k off.”
“I’ll show you a video after the game,” Eriksson replied. “I’ll show you a video where it’s two meters over the hog line.”
“Come on, Oskar. Just f–k off,” Kennedy chimed back.
The Canadian women will be back in action on Monday in matches against China and Japan as the preliminary round curls on.
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