The women's national team'Tim Kim' (Gangneung City Hall) won the final match of the World Championship qualifier, but unfortunately was not able to win the right to qualify for the Beijing Winter Olympics next year.



Tim Kim defeated Czech'Team Kuveskova' (skip Anna Kuveskova) 7-4 in the 13th round robin qualifying round for the 2021 World Women's Curling Championships in Calgary, Canada.



Tim Kim finished the world championship qualifier with 7-6.



He fell into a 4th straight victory in the early stage and struggled, but the last 4 consecutive wins raised the ranks to a tie for fifth place.



However, he failed to advance to the semifinal playoffs and win tickets to the Beijing Olympics.



In this competition, by entering the 6th place in the qualifying round and advancing to the playoffs, you will also be awarded the Beijing qualification.



Team Kim was tied for fifth place alongside Canada and the United States (more than 7-6), but lost to Canada and the United States in the qualifying round, so they were pushed back in the playoffs competition according to the'winner principle'.



Switzerland (11-1), Russian Curling Federation (RCF, 11-2), Sweden (9-3), Denmark (7-5), Canada and the United States playoffs in the semifinals of this tournament and the finals of the Beijing Olympics Advancement has been confirmed.



Tim Kim was the most unfortunate to be eliminated in 7th place.



However, it is not impossible for Korean women's curling to participate in the Beijing Olympics.



The last three tickets were taken for the Olympic Qualification Competition (Qualification) scheduled to be held in December.



A total of 10 countries will participate in the Beijing Olympics, including the top six of the world championships, the host country of China, and the first to third places in qualification competitions.



The Korea Curling Federation will hold the national team selection from the 22nd of next month to select the national team for the 2021-2022 season to compete in the Olympic Qualification Competition.



When the new national team wins the Olympics, they will be sorted out at the Beijing Olympics and even hunted for medals.



Tim Kim, silver medalist at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, must first win the national qualifier next month in order to challenge for the medals twice in a row in Tokyo.



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