Women's Curling 'Team 5G' Wins Dramatic Reversal Over China! 7:2 → 8:9 → 10:9 thrilling match... It looks like it's going to the semifinals [Milan Olympics]

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It's a thrilling victory. The Korean women's curling team "Team 5G" has won two consecutive games by overpowering China after Japan, further raising the possibility of advancing to the semifinals of the 2026 Milan and Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics.

The women's curling team 'Team 5G', consisting of skip Kim Eun-ji, third Kim Min-ji, second Kim Su-ji, lead Seol Ye-eun and Phipps Seol Ye-ji, won 10-9 after a close match against China in the sixth round of the women's curling round robin at the 2026 Milan-Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics held at Cortina Olympic Stadium in Italy on the 17th (Korea time).

South Korea, which had been on the rise by defeating Italy and England after losing 4-8 to the U.S. in the first round, slowed down by catching up with Denmark, but beat its archrival Japan 7-5 in Game 5 the previous day, and then beat China to get back on the winning track.

With this victory, South Korea, which recorded four wins and two losses in round robin, was tied for second place after Sweden, which has won all six games.

Team 5G, which won the 2025 Harbin Winter Asian Games with 10 wins, gained an advantage for the first time in eight years since Team Kim, who caused a syndrome by winning a silver medal at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics.

He caught the flow in the early stages of the game. South Korea kept the post by making back-to-back blank ends at the first and second ends.

South Korea, aiming for multiple points in the third end, did not miss the opportunity when Chinese skip Wang Rui made a fatal shot mistake in the second half of the end. South Korea, which put all the stones 1 to 3 in the house, scored three points at once to complete the big end. He allowed the chase by giving up two points at the fourth end, but immediately at the fifth end, Kim Eun-ji settled the last stone accurately and added four more points to widen the gap to 7-2.

However, the trend has completely reversed since the middle and late stages. South Korea, which allowed three runs at the sixth end due to China's strong counterattack, lost one point at the seventh end and was chased to 7-6. In the middle of the 8th end, Kim Soo-ji hit three opposing stones in the house to crack, and Kim Min-ji succeeded in a double takeout and added one point after overcoming the crisis, but he dedicated as many as three points at the 9th end to allow the game to turn around 8-9.

In the final 10th end, the national team's concentration shone. Third Kim Min-ji pushed out the opponent's stone one after another in a situation where two points were absolutely necessary to win the game from behind. The last runner, skip Kim Eun-ji, scored two points by landing the first and second stones in the middle of the house with an accurate shot to complete a dramatic 10-9 victory.

In the women's curling of this tournament, 10 participating countries will qualify in a round robin manner, and the top four teams will advance to the semifinal tournament to determine the color of the medal. South Korea, which succeeded in changing the atmosphere by winning the match against Japan and the match against China, plans to continue its winning streak by playing Game 7 of Round Robin against Switzerland at 10:05 p.m. on the 17th.

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