Three mixed doubles teams have booked their playoff spots at the Olympic curling qualifying event in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands – Australia, South Korea and the United States.
Dean Hewitt and Tahli Gill won an unlikely victory over their Danish counterparts, scored in the last two finals four unanswered points for an 8-7 victory and then prevailed with 8-6 against a duo of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).
Hungary defeated Turkey in their only game today with 8-7 and is best placed to progress, with Germany and the Republic of China also on the hunt for the other two playoff spots.
In Group B, South Korea and the Americans each have five out of five wins and will be tomorrow compete against each other to determine the group winner.
South Korea’s Kim Min-ji and Lee Ki-jeong defeated Estonia 10: 8 over an extra end and sat down on another impressive They beat Latvia 9: 7 on the day.
They won Latvia 10: 3 in seven finals and defeated New Zealand 9: 3 in just six.
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