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The team — skip Kim Eun-ji, third Kim Min-ji, second Kim Su-ji, lead Seol Ye-eun and fifth Seol Ye-ji — lost 6-3 to Denmark in its fourth round-robin game at the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Feb. 15 (Korean time).
After opening with a loss to the United States, South Korea beat host Italy in its second game and then cruised past Great Britain, the 2022 Beijing champion. The setback to Denmark left South Korea at 2-2.
In women’s curling, 10 teams play nine round-robin games, with the top four advancing to the semifinals.
South Korea got off to a difficult start, giving up a steal of one in the second end while holding the hammer.
Kim Min-ji scored one in the fifth end to make it 2-2 at the break, but South Korea surrendered one in the sixth to fall behind. Another steal in the seventh stretched the deficit to 4-2.
South Korea pulled one back in the eighth with the hammer, but dropped one point in each of the ninth and 10th ends.
South Korea plays Japan at 10:15 p.m. in its fifth round-robin game.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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