Palangio

Sydney, Australia

SKIP
Ian
Palangio

Third
Jay
Merchant

Second
Dean
Hewitt

Lead
Derek
Smith

Games:	8
Record:	3W - 5L
PF/G:	7.08
PA/G:	6.94
Hammer Efficiency:	0.29
Steal Defense:	0.13
Force Efficiency:	0.52
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Ian Palangio (Sydney, AUS) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, Palangio finished 3-4 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Palangio lost 7-4 to Soo-Hyuk Kim (Gangwon, KOR), then responded with a 6-5 win over Peter De Boer (Naseby, NZ). Palangio went on to lose 6-5 against Jia Liang Zang (Harbin, CHN). Palangio responded with a 15-3 win over John Li (Hong Kong, HKG). Palangio went on to lose 9-3 against Yusuke Morozumi (Karuizawa, JPN). Palangio responded with a 9-2 win over Viktor Kim (Almaty, KAZ). Palangio went on to lose 9-5 against Randie Shen (Taiwan, TPE) in their final qualifying round match.

Palangio earned 2.031 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 58 spots the World Ranking Standings into 272nd place overall with 3.731 total points. Palangio ranks 206th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 2.031 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Kim/Jeong win first game over the US

South Korea's Kim Seon-yeong and Jeong Yeong-seok (Photo: World Curling) scored a massive upset win over the US for their first win at the Milano-Cortina Games.

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