Latvian curlers conceded to South Korea 5: 8.
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The result was revealed by the South Koreans with three points in the second end. In the next four endings, the opponents scored one point, rising to 5: 2 in favor of South Korea.
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In the seventh end, Latvia played two points, reaching 4: 5. There was a good chance in the eighth end, but a mistake was made in his last throw, which allowed South Korea to score two points with the last stone – 7: 4.
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In the last two endos, the teams exchanged points, ending the fight with a score of 8: 5 in favor of South Korea.
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The women’s curling tournament in Beijing will be hosted by China, Switzerland, Olympic athletes from Russia (OSR), USA, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Great Britain, who have been awarded in Scotland, Japan and South Korea.
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It has already been reported that in the main tournament games Latvia lost to South Korea with 4:10, defeated Italy with 8: 4, defeated Estonia with 8: 6, Turkey with 8: 7 – and the Czech team with 9: 6 – but conceded to Japan with 1: 9. , Germany 7: 8 and Scotland 5: 9.
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The group took fourth place, which allowed the fight for participation in the Beijing Games to continue.
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Scotland, the winner of the main event, won the first of the three Olympic tickets in Leeuwarden, finishing the tournament with six wins and two losses, as did South Korea and Japan. qualifying shot, which was the best for Scotland.
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South Korea came in second and Japan third.
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On Friday, Japan won the second ticket to Beijing, which beat South Korea 8: 5.
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This South Korean team has already participated in the Olympic Games in 2018 in Pyongyang. At home, the Koreans made it to the finals, where they conceded to Sweden, winning silver medals. At this year’s World Cup in Calgary, they ranked only seventh.
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The teams played the round tournament first. The first place ticket to Beijing was won by the first place winners after the main event. The winners of the second and third place matches won the second ticket. In turn, the losers of this game had another opportunity to win a ticket by competing with the fourth best team in the main tournament – Latvia. The winners were the last to qualify for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
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Composition of the Latvian national team: Santa Blumberga-Bērziņa (skips), Evelīna Barone, Ieva Krusta, Ieva Rudzīte, Tīna Siliņa, coach Ritvars Gulbis, assistant coach Roberts Krusts.
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