Women's curling gold finale in all 10 games, Taegeuk Warriors 金 16 most tie-happy endings
Feb 14, 2025
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The Korean women's curling team Gyeonggi Provincial Government (Skip Kim Eun-ji, Third Kim Min-ji, Second Kim Su-ji, Reed Seol Ye-eun, and Phipps Seol Ye-ji) beat China 7-2 in the final of the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games at Pingfang Curling Arena in Harbin, China on the 14th. South Korea won the gold medal by winning all 10 games from eight qualifying matches to the semifinals and finals. As a result, Korean women's curling has regained the top spot for the first time in 18 years since the 2007 Changchun Games. He won his 16th gold medal in the last match of the Korean team in this tournament, making it a splendid finale.
There was a tight game. Having caught the first end of the line, South Korea wanted to make a blank end. The blank end is an operation in which the rear-end team intentionally makes 0 points and maintains the rear-end in the next end to score multiple points. South Korea scored one point first due to the botched operation.
In the second end, third Kim Min-ji took the lead with a double take-out shot that coolly sent out two opposing stones. He stole two points to take a 3-0 lead. Two points were lost in the third-end Chinese Hugong. However, he added one point at the fourth end to finish the first half with a 4-2 lead.
China caught the back ball at the 5th end and made a blank end. South Korea stole one point on the back of China's mistake in the following sixth end. It widened the gap to 5-2. South Korea also sealed its victory by stealing two points in the seventh end. Finished the championship before the end of all eight ends.
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Gyeonggi Provincial Government won the national team selection match in June last year and won the national flag for two consecutive seasons. There was a slump ahead of the tournament. Perhaps due to the pressure, he failed to show his performance. The world ranking, which once rose to No. 2, went down to No. 9.
I overcame a slump in this competition. He played with aggressive tactics. At the international competition, which received the public's attention, he showed an overwhelming power of winning all 10 games.
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It's an unexpected feat. The goal of the Korean Sports Council ahead of this tournament was about 11 gold medals. It exceeded the squad. He also secured the second place overall.
The national short track team won six gold medals, starting with the new event, the mixed 2000m relay. The national short track team won a total of six gold medals, four silver medals and three bronze medals. In particular, Choi Min-jeong (Seongnam City Hall) won the mixed 2000m relay and the women's 500m and 1000m, becoming the only Korean athlete to win three gold medals.
In speed skating, Kim Min-sun (Uijeong City Hall) won the women's 500m gold medal as expected. Lee Na-hyun (Korea National Sports University) who was born in 2005 won the 100m and made a surprise appearance, leading the rapid run together. Kim Min-sun and Lee Na-hyun won the women's team sprint together. South Korea's ice speed won three gold medals, five silver medals and four bronze medals.
In figure skating, he dominated the men's and women's gold medals for the first time in the history of the Korean Winter Asian Games. Cha Jun-hwan (Korea University) of the men's single and Kim Chae-yeon (Surigo) of the women's single beat the strong favorite Japan to win the title.
The snow events also showed off their good performance. In total, three gold medals, three silver medals and six bronze medals came out in skiing and snowboarding.
Lee Chae-woon (to be admitted to Kyunghee University) and Kim Gun-hee (Siheungmae High School) won first place in the halfpipe in snowboarding slopestyle. Lee Seung-hoon (Korea National Sports University), who was considered the favorite to win the halfpipe gold medal in freestyle skiing, also won the gold medal.
Russian naturalized player Yekaterina Abbakumova (Jeonnam Sports Council) also gave the Korean biathlon its first-ever gold medal at the Asian Winter Games. The Korean biathlon, led by AbbatuMova, also finished second in the women's relay, showing the best performance in the Asian Games ever.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
