South Korea's Kim Seon Yeong (Gangneung City Hall) and Jeong Yeong Seok (Gangwon Provincial Government) fell to 0-3 in the mixed doubles curling round-robin at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics with an 8-5 loss to Switzerland.
Kim and Jeong lost their third round-robin game on Thursday (Korea time) at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, to Switzerland's Briar Schwaller and Yannick Schwaller, who are married and finished fourth at the 2024 world championships.
South Korea had already dropped its first two games, losing 10-3 to Sweden and 8-4 to Italy the previous day.
Ten teams are competing in mixed doubles, with each nation playing a round-robin schedule. The top four advance to the semifinals and final to decide the medals.
After three games, South Korea still have round-robin matchups remaining against Britain, the Czech Republic, the United States, Estonia, Canada and Norway.
Against Switzerland, South Korea led 2-1 but gave up four points in the third end to fall behind 5-2. They scored one in the fourth end and limited Switzerland to one in the fifth to stay within three.
South Korea used their power play in the sixth end, but Kim's final shot did not stay in the house and they managed only two points. Trailing 6-5, Switzerland used their power play in the seventh end and scored two to extend the lead to 8-5.
South Korea tried to rally in the eighth end, but Switzerland's final shot knocked out a South Korean stone, ending the comeback chance. Kim and Jeong then shook hands to close the match.
Kim and Jeong are scheduled to play Britain at 10:35 p.m. on Thursday in their fourth round-robin game.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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