Curling Mix Double Kim Sun-young and Jung Young-seok were completely defeated by England, 'four consecutive opening losses'... He is aiming for his first win against the Czech Republic on the 7th

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The Korean curling mixed double (mixed duo) team, which participated in the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics, also lost in the fourth round of the preliminary round and failed to report its first win.

The national team, consisting of Kim Sun-young (Gangneung City Hall) and Jung Young-seok (Gangwon Provincial Government), lost 2-8 against Britain's Jennifer Dodds-Bruce Muart Joe in the fourth round of the curling mix-double robin at Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, on the 6th (Korea time).

As a result, South Korea lost four consecutive games, losing to England, following the previous match against Sweden (3-10 losses), Italy (4-8 losses), and Switzerland (5-8 losses). Currently, South Korea is tied for the lowest among the 10 participating countries along with the Czech Republic.

In this competition, where a total of 10 teams will play round-robin preliminaries in a full league manner, only the top four teams will advance to the semifinal tournament to compete for medals. With four losses, South Korea's chances of advancing to the semifinals have become slim.

England led the flow from the beginning of the game. South Korea, which was dragged 0-3 with consecutive runs at the first and second ends, recovered one point at the third end to begin its chase. However, the gap widened to 1-7 with two massive runs each at the fourth and fifth ends.

South Korea, which also gave up one more point at the sixth end, only gained one point at the seventh end. Judging that it was difficult to close the gap, Kim Sun-young and Jung Young-seok withdrew from the game by asking the opponent to shake hands without playing the eighth end.

Kim Sun-young and Jung Young-seok, who are in desperate need of their first win of the tournament, will play the fifth round of round robin against the Czech Republic, which is at the lowest level, at 10:35 p.m. on the 7th.

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