World Curling has confirmed that it is set to implement a major change after being hit with cheating accusations at the Winter Olympics.
On Friday, the event faced some controversy after Sweden's Oskar Eriksson accused Canadian third Marc Kennedy of double touching the stone towards the end of their 8-6 win.
The 44-year-old Canadian athlete, who won gold in 2010 and bronze four years ago, strongly denied the accusation, leading to a tense verbal exchange between the pair.
The Swedish team accused Kennedy of repeatedly double-touching some of his stones, meaning he'd released the handle at the right time but then allegedly gave the stone another touch with his finger to correct its course.
Some TV images appeared to show that he did touch the stone on occasion, per the BBC, leading World Curling to announce that it would deploy extra officials for the remainder of the Winter Olympic Games to check for any rule breaks.
This is a huge change for the sport, which is usually self-governed by its players.
The controversy did not stop there, however, as when Canada returned to the ice to face Switzerland on Saturday, the Swiss team reported Kennedy to the umpire again for the same offence in their 9-5 win.
Swiss lead Pablo Lachat-Couchepin told BBC Sport: "I saw [Kennedy do it] when the referee was next to me.
"I really believe it does nothing - it doesn't change the stone - but when you have a referee looking at it, they should see it.
"I was a bit annoyed and said to the chief umpire if they send an email they have to follow what it says. It's nothing against Marc but you have to follow the rule."
Kennedy - who was later given a foul language warning - addressed the accusations, saying: "I don't like being accused of cheating after 25 years on tour and four Olympic Games So I told him [Eriksson] where to stick it. He might have been upset that he was losing..."
World Curling issued a statement after meeting with a representative of teams competing at the Games, saying the "stone monitoring protocol" would begin on February 15.
It added: "This change in protocol will see the two umpires who had previously been actively monitoring athlete deliveries remain available in the field of play, but will now only monitor athlete deliveries at the request of the competing teams.
"The umpires when requested will monitor deliveries for a minimum of three ends."
World Curling explains: "A double touch of the stone handle before the hog line at the delivery end is allowed.
"A re-touch of the stone handle after the hog line at the delivery end is not allowed and detected by the new handles.
"A stone must be delivered by using the handle of the stone. Touching the granite at any time during the forward motion is not allowed and considered a touched moving stone which results in the stone being removed from play."