Kim Reaches LGT World Women's Curling Championship Semifinals

SKIP
Min Ji
Kim

Third
Hyerin
Kim

Second
Taei
Yang

Lead
Sujin
Kim

Min Ji Kim (Chuncheon City, KOR) run at the LGT World Women's Curling Championship came to an end in the semifinals with a 5-3 loss to Silvana Tirinzoni (Aarau, SUI). of the LGT World Women's Curling Championship in Silkeborg, Denmark;

Kim finished 9-3 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kim defeated Chelsea Carey (Edmonton, CAN) 7-6, then won 7-6 against Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) and 9-5 against Jamie Sinclair (Chaska, USA). Kim went on to lose 8-4 against Anna Hasselborg (Sundbyberg, SWE). Kim responded with a 6-5 win over Tirinzoni. Kim won 11-4 against Seina Nakajima (Nagano, JPN), then won 9-5 against Daniela Jentsch (Fuessen, GER). Kim went on to lose 8-3 against Oona Kauste (Aland, FIN). Kim responded with a 9-5 win over Madeleine Dupont (Hvidovre, DEN). Kim went on to lose 11-9 against Jie Mei (Harbin, CHN). Kim responded with a 8-7 win over Iveta Stasa-Sarsune (Riga, LAT). Kim won 7-4 against Sophie Jackson (Stirling, SCO) in their final qualifying round match.

Kim earned 50.142 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the LGT World Women's Curling Championship. Kim move up 7 spots after posting a net gain of 37.18 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 8th overall with 237.966 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kim ranks 8th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 237.966 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

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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