[Olympics] Women's Curling, Comeback Victory 8-7 Over Denmark... Green Light for Semifinals

South Korean skip Kim Eun-jung is delivering a stone during the women's curling match between Korea and Denmark at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics held on the 16th at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing, China. Photo by Yonhap News

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Korean women's curling has expressed hope for advancing to the semifinals of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

The Korean women's national curling team Kim (Kim Eun-jung, Kim Kyeong-ae, Kim Seon-yeong, Kim Cho-hee, Kim Young-mi) defeated Denmark 8-7 in the 8th round of the women's curling round-robin held on the 16th at the National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China.

With a record of 4 wins and 4 losses, Korea must win against Sweden on the 17th to have a chance to advance to the semifinals. Switzerland and Sweden have already secured their spots in the semifinals.

In curling, 10 teams compete in a round-robin, and the top 4 teams advance to the semifinal tournament. In the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Japan advanced to the semifinals in 4th place with a 5-4 record, so Korea can also expect to reach the semifinals if they win the remaining match against Sweden.

On this day, Korea was in a close match with Denmark at 6-7 until the 10th end, then scored 2 points with a final comeback shot to win narrowly 8-7.