Youth Olympics Curling Mix Group Japan Enters Finals January 16 6:04
In the semi-finals of the curling mix group at the Lausanne Youth Olympics, Japan beat New Zealand 8-4 to advance to the finals and secure medals.
At the Youth Olympics, which are held in places such as Lausanne in Switzerland, a semifinal of a curling mix group was held on March 15 in Champery, 60 kilometers east of Lausanne, where four teams of men and women face each other.
Japan defeated Canadian gold medal candidate in the quarterfinals and played against New Zealand in the semifinals.
In the game, if Japan held the pace from the beginning, it advanced to the match, such as scoring four points at the fifth end, and finally the opponent gave up after finishing the seventh end and won 8 to 4 to advance to the final. Decided and secured the medal.
Japan will play Norway in the finals on the 16th with a gold medal.