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BBC News
22-03-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Scotland knocked out curling worlds by holders Canada
Scotland have been knocked out of the World Women's Curling Championship after losing 10-4 to reigning champions Canada at the play-off stage in South Jackson's rink, ranked 19th in the world, had beaten the world number ones in their opening round-robin game - one of only two matches Canada lost on their way to finishing third in the two-time champion Rachel Homan's rink established early control in the play-off after scoring four at the second three at the fourth set them up for a victory with two ends to Scots had finished sixth in the round robin with seven victories and five defeats, their finish at least ensuring that a Great Britain rink will be represented at next year's Winter Olympics in it is Canada who progress to Saturday's semi-final against hosts South Korea. Gim Eun-ji's 10th-ranked rink qualified directly for the last four after finishing second in the round robin with the same lost 10, won two record as Canada but having beaten the holders 11-7 earlier in the was an upset in the other play-off as two-time silver medallist Anna Hasselborg's third-ranked Swedes, who finished fourth in the round robin, were beaten 8-7 by Rui's rink, ranked 17th in the world, progress to face Silvana Tirinzoni's four-time champions from Switzerland, the second seeds who topped the round-robin and whose only defeat came against Canada.
CBC
19-03-2025
- Sport
- CBC
Canada's Homan falls to South Korea's Gim for 2nd loss at women's curling worlds
Rachel Homan and her Ottawa-based rinks suffered an 11-7 loss to Gim Eun-ji at the world women's curling championship. South Korea sits alone in second place at 6-1, while Canada falls to 5-2 and a third-place tie with Sweden.
Korea Herald
14-02-2025
- Sport
- Korea Herald
Women's curling team wrap up Asiad with Korea's 16th gold medal
South Korea edged out China in the Harbin Asian Winter Games women's curling event Friday, clinching its 16th gold medal in what has been one of the country's most successful runs in the event. Korea's women's curling team, captained by Gim Eun-ji, defeated the home nation 7-2 at the Harbin Pingfang District Curling Arena in China on Friday. They completed a sweep of the event, going undefeated throughout the knock-out tournament. The last time that Korea won gold for an Asian Games curling event was in 2007. Hopes ran high for Korea to win both the men's and women's curling events, but the men's team fell to the Philippines in the gold-medal match on Thursday. The Philippines pulled away with a 5-3 win, handing Korea their first defeat in the competition. The Korean men's hockey team, who dropped the semifinals match against Japan on Thursday, took home bronze after winning against China on Friday. The women's team, however, fell to Kazakhstan 3-0 in the final match of the round-robin format to finish fourth. Korea surpasses initial goal to finish second overall The women's curling team's gold marked South Korea's 16th gold medal and 44th medal overall in this year's Asian Winter Games, tying the country's record of 16 gold medals won at the 2017 Asian Winter Games. Koreans finished in second place behind China, and comfortably ahead of Japan, in third place with nine gold medals. Korea's performance far surpassed the initial goal of 11 gold medals, even taking some home for events that Korea had never won medals for before. Figure Skater Cha Jun-hwan took a surprise win Thursday in his first Asian Winter Games appearance. Crowned champion of the men's singles event, he became the first Korean male figure skater to win a medal at the Asian Games. Earlier in the day, his teammate Kim Chae-yeon upset three-time world champion Kaori Sakamoto in the figure skating women's singles event for her first Asian Game gold medal. It was the first time Korea won both the men's and women's singles figure skating events at the Asian Winter Games. Ekaterina Avvakumova, a naturalized Korean who was born in Russia, won the country's first-ever biathlon gold in the women's 7.5 kilometer run on Tuesday. She won her second medal of the event when her team won silver for the women's 4 by 6 kilometer relay on Thursday. Another surprise win of the Asian Games belonged to snowboarder Kim Geon-hui, who won a gold medal for the men's halfpipe event after the finals scheduled for Thursday were cancelled due to blustery weather conditions at the venue. He was awarded the win based his qualification score of 78.00 points. Kim's compatriot Lee Chae-un, who lost out on a chance to compete for a gold at his primary event, won his first career Asiad win as well with a gold medal in the men's snowboard slopestyle event.
Korea Herald
07-02-2025
- Sport
- Korea Herald
9th Asian Winter Games kick off in China
participates with 148 athletes for all six sports The ninth Asian Winter Games opened in the northeastern Chinese city of Harbin on Friday with a celebration of athletes from across the continent. Hosting the Winter Asiad for the second time under the motto, "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia," Harbin will be home to nearly 1,300 athletes from 34 countries over the next seven days. Curling, hockey and short track speed skating have already had some preliminary action in the days leading up to Friday's ceremony. This is the first Asian Winter Games since 2017 in Sapporo, Japan. South Korea has sent 148 athletes for all six sports -- skiing, skating, curling, hockey, biathlon and ski mountaineering. There are 64 gold medals up for grabs in 11 disciplines. In 2017, South Korea won 16 gold medals to set its Asian Winter Games record and finished in second place behind Japan in the medal race. It will try to finish in the top two again and reach doubles figures in the gold medal tally. Based on the English alphabet of the country's official names, South Korea, as Republic of Korea, was the 13th nation to march into the ceremony at Harbin International Conference, Exhibition and Sports Centre. Male hockey player Lee Chong-min and female curler Gim Eun-ji were the co-flag bearers for South Korea. North Korea is also participating in this event, with only three athletes -- all of them figure skaters -- in action. With Chinese President Xi Jinping on hand, South Korea's top delegate was National Assembly Speaker Woo Won-shik. Ryu Seung-min, an Olympic table tennis champion recently elected as new president of the Korean Sport & Olympic Committee, also attended the ceremony, joined by Sports Minister Yu In-chon. The medal race will begin Saturday, with South Korea set to battle Japan in the mixed doubles curling final and also looking to grab multiple medals in short track speed skating.
