The women’s national curling team ‘Tim Kim’, who is trying to win the first medal at the World Championships, lost one after another to Denmark and Sweden, and fell to tied for third.
Team Kim lost 3-7 to ‘Tim Hasselborg’ of Sweden in the 8th round of the qualifying round of the 2022 Women’s World Curling Championships held in Prince George, Canada on the 24th (Korean time).
Tim Kim took the lead in the second end against Sweden, which had won the bronze medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, but immediately allowed a comeback by conceding two goals in the third end.
They added one point in the 4th end to make the tie, but in the 5th and 7th ends, 1 point each gave a total of 3 points, and the game leaned towards Sweden.
Tim Kim started chasing by scoring one point in the eighth end, but conceded two points in the ninth end and eventually lost the game to Sweden.
Earlier, in the 7th round of the preliminary round against Denmark’s ‘Team Dupont’, which was held at 1 a.m. on the same day, Team Kim suffered a 7-8 comeback loss after a close overtime.
Tim Kim, who was sprinting for 1st place with 6 consecutive wins, lost 2 consecutive losses and was tied for 3rd with Canada’s ‘Team Inasson’.
In order for Tim Kim to qualify for the medal at the World Championships, he must finish in 6th out of 13 teams.
1st and 2nd place in the preliminary round go straight to the semifinals, and 3rd and 6th place play-offs to determine which two teams will join the semifinals.
In the playoffs, 3rd and 6th place and 4th and 5th place will face off.
Team Kim will face ‘Tim Tirinzoni’ of Switzerland, who is sprinting for first place in the qualifiers, at 6:30 am on the 25th, and the ninth game of the qualifiers.
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