[ROAD TO BEIJING] Curling

Team Kim train at Gangneung Curling Center in Gangeung, Gangwon in January. [YONHAP]

PyeongChang Winter Olympics silver medalists Team Kim return to the ice at the Beijing Games, marking the second consecutive time the emphatic skip Kim Eun-jung and her team have represented Korea on the big stage.

The Korean women’s curling team earned their Beijing Olympic berth after beating Latvia in the women’s World Curling Federation Olympic qualification playoff on Dec. 18 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands.

During the PyeongChang Games, Team Kim were famous not only for winning a silver medal in a sport that was unheard of in Korea, but also for doing it in style.

In Beijing, Kim Seon-yeong has taken as lead. Kim Cho-hi takes second and Kim Kyeong-ae takes third, with Kim Yeong-mi as reserve.

BY YUN SO-HYANG AND JIM BULLEY [yun.sohyang@joongang.co.kr]