Sweden's Edin: Double-Touch Drama Affects Team's Energy
Sweden's curling team struggles continue amid double-touch controversy with Canada, affecting energy levels.
“The ice changed quite a lot from start to finish and we weren't quick enough to pick it up. I'm very disappointed in...”
Sweden's reigning curling champions are feeling the weight of controversy after accusing Canada of cheating during their men's match. The drama has taken a toll on Sweden's skip, Niklas Edin, who admitted it's affected his team's sleep and energy levels, contributing to their latest defeat.
The controversy began when Sweden accused Canada's Marc Kennedy of “double-touching” stones, sparking a heated exchange between players and increased scrutiny from officials. Despite the accusations, World Curling found no violations during the observed period.
Asked if that was a factor in their 8-5 defeat to the USA on Sunday, Edin said: “I think so. We would like to say no, but there's definitely a little lack of sleep and a lot of energy wasted on that.
“Almost every single question in the media zone for 30-40 minutes every day is about that since it happened. It's a little annoying for sure, especially when we didn't really do anything wrong. It's just an unfortunate situation,” said Edin.
Sweden's Olympic curling champions are feeling the weight of controversy after accusing Canada of cheating during their men's match. The accusations of “double touching” stones have taken a toll on Sweden's skip, Niklas Edin, who admitted the drama has affected his team's sleep and energy levels, contributing to their latest defeat.
The controversy began when Sweden accused Canadian curlers, specifically Marc Kennedy, of touching the stone again after release, sparking a heated exchange between players and increased scrutiny from officials. World Curling clarified that touching the granite part of the stone is not allowed, but noted no violations were recorded during observation.
Sweden's curling team skip, Niklas Edin, thinks they should've avoided commenting on the double-touching controversy with Canada. The drama has drained their energy, and Sweden's struggles go beyond this, with losses to Italy, Britain, Canada, and the US, and only one win against China, putting them joint eighth with Germany.
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Sweden faces Germany on Monday, and their path to the semi-finals looks tough.
“The ice changed quite a lot from start to finish and we weren't quick enough to pick it up. I'm very disappointed in a lot of things, to be honest,” he admitted.
“I don't know, I'm feeling like the air went out of us after this game (against the USA). We knew it was a really tough start to the competition...but we normally start playing really well a few games in.”
“Usually by now, it's day four of the event, and it's (the ice) pretty consistent. We've seen something different every single game so far and it was the same in the mixed doubles. We don't want to blame the ice, but it's definitely been tricky.”
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