Japanese curlers face Sweden at the start of the Beijing Games
The Japanese women’s curling national team will open its Beijing 2022 campaign against defending champion and world number 1 Sweden, according to the Olympic curling draws presented on Wednesday.
Curling competitions will take place at the National Aquatics Center, also known as the Ice Cube, beginning on February 2, two days before the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital, and continuing until February 20.
(From L) Yurika Yoshida, Chinami Yoshida and Yumi Suzuki from the Japanese curling team for women will play in a match against Estonia on December 15, 2021 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands, at the last qualifying tournament for the Winter Olympics in Beijing 2022. (Kyodo) == Kyodo
With the nickname Loco Solare, the Japanese team is currently ranked seventh in the world and will try to improve its bronze medal from Pyeongchang 2018.
Japan’s first action against Anna Hasselborg’s team, which won back-to-back silver in the world championships 2018 and 2019, will be on February 10, and Loco Solare will finish the round robin against reigning women’s world champions Switzerland on February 17. .
In the preliminary round, 10 teams play a round-robin tournament and the four best teams advance to the semifinals and medal matches.
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