Curling mix double Kim Kyung-ae Sung Ji-hoon wins the tournament for the first time after catching Qatar...女 Ice Hockey Hong Kong 80 Defeat (Roundup)
Feb 04, 2025
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Kim Kyung-ae (Gangneung City Hall) and Sung Ji-hoon (Gangwon Provincial Office) beat Qatar's Mabaraka Al Abdullah-Abdulahman Aliyapei group 14-1 in the second Group B preliminary round of the curling mix double at the 2025 Harbin Asian Games at the Harbin Pingfang Curling Arena in China on the 4th. South Korea, which lost 6-12 to the Philippines in the first round of the group qualifying round earlier in the day, had a 1-1 record in the preliminary round.
South Korea scored one point at the first end and then widened the gap by scoring two and three points at the second and third ends, respectively. He gave up a point in the fourth end, but he scored five points in the fifth end, which caught the back ball. South Korea also added three more points at the sixth end, and Qatar players gave up the rest of the game asking for a handshake.
With the victory over Qatar, Kim Kyung-ae and Sung Ji-hoon gave a green light to advance to the tournament. A total of 12 teams will compete in a round robin manner in the curling mix-double in two groups. The first place in each group will go straight to the semi-finals, while the second and third places will have a quarter-final against the third and second places in the other groups.
South Korea will play against Kazakhstan in the third group qualifying round on the 5th, China on the 6th, and Kyrgyzstan on the 5th.
Meanwhile, the Korean women's ice hockey team, which is aiming to win its first medal at the Asian Games, also announced a refreshing start.
The South Korean women's ice hockey team, led by head coach Kim Do-yoon, won the first match of Group B against Hong Kong 2-0 (2-0 3-0) at Harbin Ice Hockey Arena in China on the 4th. South Korea ranked second in Group B after Kazakhstan (1 win, 3 points, +12 goal difference) with three points and a goal difference of +8.
Park Ji-yoon scored the first goal at 7:04 of the first period for South Korea. Five minutes later, Kim Se-rin scored an additional goal to take the lead. The second period was also one-sided. Choi Ji-yeon Lee Eun-ji (16th) Park Jong-ah scored one goal each, widening the gap to 5-0. In the third period, Lee Eun-ji (13) and Um Soo-yeon and Kim Se-rin scored the decisive goals.
South Korea, which has secured its first victory, will continue its preliminary matches against Thailand on the 6th, Taiwan on the 8th, and Kazakhstan on the 9th.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
