Korea extend winning streak to three at women’s curling world championship
Published: 17 Mar. 2025, 11:00
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Team Korea competes in the LGT World Women's Curling Championship at Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi on March 15. [YONHAP]
Host country Korea stretched its winning streak to three at the women's curling world championship with two victories Sunday.
Led by skip Gim Eun-ji, Korea beat Norway 6-4 and then Scotland 5-4 on Day 2 of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship at Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi.
Korea had opened the competition with a 10-8 victory over Japan in extra ends on Saturday.
Gim's team also needed extra time to get past Scotland, as the skip scored the clinching point with a draw with her final stone in the 11th end. Korea and Switzerland, both at 3-0, are the only two undefeated teams so far.
Korea will next play China (2-1) at 2 p.m. Monday and Turkey (0-3) at 7 p.m.
The 13 teams in the competition will face each other once in the round robin, and the top six will qualify for the playoff round — with the two best teams each earning a bye to the semifinals and the remaining four competing for the last two semifinal berths.
The qualification matches and the semifinals are scheduled for Saturday, followed by the bronze medal contest and the championship final next Sunday.
Gim and her four teammates — Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun and alternate Seol Ye-ji — are all from Uijeongbu.
At this world championship, Korea will try to secure a spot at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The top seven teams in points earned from the 2024 and 2025 world championships will book their tickets to Milan, and Korea is in a good spot after collecting 11 points with its bronze medal at last year's world championship.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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