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Apparently Canadians are notorius cheaters in the sport of Curling (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 days ago by zjti8eit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7671573

Sweden knew Canada's Marc Kennedy was a notorious cheater.

So they set up a camera at the 'hog line' to record it.

And caught him doing it at the Olympics.

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[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

And then there is this angle that shows he holds his finger beside the rock after release.

The "gotcha" photo has his finger buried internally in the rock, seeing this other angle shows his finger beside the rock, but from a different angle would appear to be touching it.

Not as clear cut as they want you to believe.

[-] ryper@lemmy.ca 36 points 5 days ago

The pictures are from different throws. Here the person is wearing long sleeves, and the person in the "gotcha" picture is wearing short sleeves.

[-] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

The point still stands. The 'gotcha' picture doesn't show he's touching the rock, his finger could be behind. And it's all fuzzy anyway. And more importantly, he got the official win regardless. Olympic athletes are always pushing the boundaries of the rules to get the edge - it's part of the tradition.

[-] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago

as much as people disliked what they said, they're right - the point still stands.

THIS is the angle needed on the disputed throw, because his finger is behind the stone from camera's POV. what's happening in this throw could very well be exactly the case in the other

[-] skozzii@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 days ago

Thank you, I understand they are different pictures and it seems like a few people actually see the point I was making and didn't just downvote me because you didn't like my opinion on it.

If we had the alternate view of the original photo it might just show his finger beside. If we only use that angle they set up then everytime his finger is beside the stone it would appear to be touching it, which is why we either need proper camera angles, 3 of them, or we just let it continue as it has been for years and years.

[-] USSMojave@startrek.website 9 points 5 days ago

Different shirt, different handle color

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

There's a middle ground between "completely innocent" and "massive cheats". I think it's possible that the Canadians have all trained in a technique where they release the rock and then point, and the Swedes use a different release technique. When the Canadians do it, it could lead to them sometimes accidentally brushing the rock with their fingers. If it happens it might mean that they broke the rules and that that rock should be removed (or whatever it is they do), but it doesn't mean that they're intentionally cheating.

It really looks like they're poking the rock with their fingers, why else would they point like that? But, I've seen enough people talking about the biomechanics of sports that I know that sometimes something that seems dumb like pointing might just be how they ensure that their bodies are aligned exactly the same way every time. It's like how the Olympic pistol shooters have this weird posture with their hands in their pockets.