(by Larry Wood)
The Korean national curling team refuses to be counted out at the Ford World Women’s Curling Championship.
Skipped by 24-year-old Ji-Sun Kim, the amazing Koreans pulled even with Canada and Sweden at the top of the pack again Wednesday, heading into the last day of round-robin matches at the Enmax Centre.
Ji-Sun Kim signals to her teammates during Draw 14 of the 2012 Ford World Women’s Curling Championship. (CCA/Michael Burns Photography)
Korea’s 9-4 win over Germany on Wednesday’s late shift left Korea, Canada and Sweden with 7-and-2 records.
The Swedes, skipped by Margaretha Sigfridsson with Maria Prytz throwing the last rocks, remained with the leaders by stealing a 3-2 victory from Scotland’s Eve Muirhead in a rematch of the Euro championship final last December in Moscow won by the Scots.
Canada won its seventh earlier in the day, dumping the Germans skipped by Melanie Robillard by a narrow 5-4 count.