“Japan Wins Silver in Curling Mixed Doubles World Championship Final”

Curling Mixed Doubles World Championship Final Day (29th, Gangneung, Korea)

In the final, Chiaki Matsumura (Chubu Electric Power) and Yasumasa Tanida lost to the United States 2-8, becoming the first Japanese team to win a silver medal in the same event.

A match that became a battle between the first finalists. Japan entered the first end (E) with an advantageous second attack, and Matsumura put a stone in the center of the house (inside the circle) on the last shot, leading to a major measurement. However, it became a form that allowed a one-point steal with a slight difference. Two points were stolen in the second E, 0-3. In the 3rd E, he managed to get back 1 point by attacking second, but gave up 2 points in the 4th. In the first half, they allowed a big lead of 1-5.

In the 5th E, Japan used a power play, but conceded a goal. The 6th E made a form to get multiple points in the second attack, but it stayed at 1 point and it was 2-6. I couldn’t catch up to the end, and I didn’t reach the world’s best.

Japan at the mixed doubles world championship is Satsuki Fujisawa (Loco Solare),Takeshi Yamaguchi(SC Karuizawa Ku) finished fifth in the 2018 and 2019 tournaments, but in this tournament, Matsumura and Tanida improved to secure the first Japanese medal. Including the fours, the women’s Loco Solare won the silver medal in 2016.

Although the same event was adopted as an Olympic event from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, Japan was unable to participate in the 2018 Games and the 2022 Beijing Games.