Take 2: Video from Swedish curler demos the double-touch and reignites an Olympic debate

Canadians' mild-mannered reputation was on the way out after we went elbows up last year, but there's nothing like a curling controvery to really cement our change in temperament. 

Allegations of cheating were levelled at the Milano-Cortina Olympics in February — first against Canada's men's team then against the women.

Now, a new video from Swedish curler Oskar Eriksson is adding fresh fuel to one of the most debated moments of Olympic curling. 

The Olympic controversy over the alleged double-touching began during a match when Eriksson, the third for skip Niklas Edin, accused Canadian curler Marc Kennedy of breaking the rules by touching the granite of the stone with his finger after he let go of the rock.

In the video circulated last week by Swedish media outlet SVT, Eriksson demonstrates a double-touch — when a player makes contact with a stone after release — to show how he says it can alter a shot's trajectory. 

The 34-year-old can be seen gliding along the ice, broom in hand, as he releases a stone, then gives it a kind of boop with his index finger. 

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"At our level, just altering a stone by five centimetres on the other side, knowing how little you need to do to make that correction, is also a skill," Eriksson says during the demontration.

In February, Kennedy bristled at the suggestion that there was deliberate cheating and let Eriksson know it, adding "you can f*** off," which was caught on his hot mic. 

The heated exchange, followed by the release of covertly captured footage of Kennedy grazing the stone after release with his index, caused a firestorm, dividing audiences and raising questions about rules, interpretation and sportsmanship. But it's also proven to