On the 18th, two games of the qualifying league were held in the curling mixed doubles world championship, which will take the place of the Beijing Olympics, and the pair of Japanese players Yurika Yoshida and Yuta Matsumura lost to the United States, but in Finland I won and won the tournament for the first time.
The curling mixed doubles world championship is held in Scotland, northern England, and a pair of Yoshida and Matsumura are participating as representatives of Japan.
In the qualifying league, 20 teams are divided into two groups, each of which is brute force, and the pair of Yoshida and Matsumura is the American pair in the second round of the qualifying league held on the 18th, and the third round. I played against a Finnish pair.
The pair of Yoshida and Matsumura lost to the American pair in the second round with 6 to 7, but they continued to steal 3 points from the beginning against the Finnish pair in the third round. I took the initiative.
Then, when he scored 2 points in the 7th end and made it 8 to 3, the opponent admitted to losing, so the pair of Yoshida and Matsumura won the tournament for the first time and the total result of the qualifying league was 1 win and 2 losses. did.
At the Curling Mixed Doubles World Championship, the top seven teams, excluding China, will qualify for the Beijing Olympics.