(Beijing Winter Olympics) The Chinese men's and women's teams ranked fifth and seventh at the end of the Winter Olympics curling round robin

  China News Service, Beijing, Feb. 17 (Reporter Chen Hang) The round-robin rounds of curling at the Beijing Winter Olympics ended on the 17th. The Chinese men's and women's curling teams with a record of 4 wins and 5 losses finally ranked fifth and seventh respectively.

On February 16, in the 11th round of the women's curling round-robin competition at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics held at the "Ice Cube" of the Beijing National Aquatics Center, the Chinese team defeated the Canadian team 11:9.

The picture shows the Chinese team players thanking the audience.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Jun

  In the men's curling round-robin match that morning, the British team defeated the Canadian team 5:2, ranking first with an 8-1 record.

Sweden lost 8:10 to Switzerland, ranking second with a record of 7 wins and 2 losses.

The Canadian team and the U.S. team have the same record of 5 wins and 4 losses. Previously, the Canadian team defeated the U.S. team 10:5, ranking third, and the U.S. team ranked fourth.

  The Chinese men's curling team has four wins and five losses with Norway, Switzerland and the Russian Olympic Committee. In the end, after calculating the winning and losing points, the four teams are ranked fifth to eighth.

  In the women's curling round-robin match that afternoon, the Swiss team defeated the Japanese team 8-4 and ranked first with an 8-1 record.

Sweden defeated South Korea 8-4 and ranked second with 7 wins and 2 losses.

The British team, which defeated the Russian Olympic Committee team, and the Canadian team, who defeated the Danish team, had the same record of 5 wins and 4 losses with the Japanese team. Got tickets to the semi-finals, and the Canadian team ranked fifth.

  The Chinese women's curling team has four wins and five losses with the United States and South Korea. By calculating the score between the three teams, the United States is sixth, China is seventh, and South Korea is eighth.

  At this Winter Olympics, the Chinese men's and women's curling team, which is dominated by young rookies, was restricted by factors such as lack of competition experience and unstable mentality.

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