Italy upsets Canada at women’s world curling
Posted March 22, 2012 2:55 pm.
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THE CANADIAN PRESS
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — The race for playoffs at the women’s world curling championship was still wide open in the final stage of the preliminary round.
The frontrunners, including Canada’s Heather Nedohin, lost Thursday morning and Switzerland’s Mirjam Ott won to create a four-way tie for first at 7-3.
Canada was upset 6-5 by Italy’s Diana Gaspari and needed a win against Scotland later to secure a playoff berth.
South Korea’s Ji-Sun Kim and Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfriddson were also 7-3 with two draws remaining in the preliminary round.
The top four teams at the end of round-robin play Thursday advance to the Page playoff with ties for fourth solved by tiebreaker games. The teams with seven wins were assured of at least a tiebreaker game.
South Korea’s Ji-Sun Kim fell 6-5 to Switzerland and Sweden’s Margaretha Sigfriddson lost 6-5 in an extra end to the Allison Pottinger of the U.S.
The Americans improved to 6-4. Denmark’s Lene Nielson was 5-4 with two games to play. Teams with five losses were eliminated from contention.
