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China catch up with Japan, S. Korea in curling
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-02-02 08:48
CHANGCHUN, Northeast China - China did not move to the top of the podium
but have edged close to the curling victories at the 6th Asian Winter
Games here on Thursday.
Fengchun Wang of the Chinese men's Curling team launches the stone down
the ice against Japan at the Asian Winter Games in Changchun, China's
northeastern Jilin province January 30, 2007. [Reuters]
The hosts failed in the semifinals when their men players lost to Japan
8-4 and their women counterparts were defeated by South Korea 9-5 in
Thursday morning's semifinals to settle for the bronzes, the same finish
at the last edition in Aomori, Japan in 2003.
"We did not improve in terms of results but our players have made great
progress in the past few years," said Chinese women's team coach Tan
Weidong.
"We are edging closer to Asian leading powers Japan and South Korea," he
said.
"I think China have made amazing progress in such a short time. It
normally takes 10 to 15 years before a team can compete at international
level but China made it in just five years," said Ian Michael Thomson,
secretary general of the World Curling Federation.
Defending champions South Korea found Japan a close match Thursday
afternoon when the two sides tied at 2-2 after 10 rounds in the final
before the formers clinched the decisive winning point in the first
playoff to lift the men's title at 3-2.
In the women's match in the evening, South Korea rallied from 2-6 to
overcome defending champions Japan 7-6 to trike the gold.
Kazakhstan had been eliminated without a win after the double round robin
phase.
There were four teams in both the men's and women's competition.
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