Hi.
I'm Lee Ji-won and I am here to bring you the latest on the PyeongChang 2018 Winter
Paralympics.
It's Day 4 of the Games, and Team Korea had a number of exciting moments today with one
event still underway.
Korea's wheelchair curling team is now in its 7th preliminary match, this time against
Switzerland.
They lost a match last night, but this morning, the South Korean curlers were back to their
winning ways, grabbing another victory against Finland.
They were especially strong in the 1st, 5th and 7th ends, finishing the game 11-3.
That victory was Team Korea's fifth win so far,... after it previously beat the USA,
Slovakia, Canada, and the Neutral Paralympic Athletes from Russia.
Team Korea's only defeat so far at the Paralympics came in Monday night's match against Germany,
where they lost 4-3.
But even so,...
South Korea is still in a good position to make the semi-finals.
The men's 12-point-5-kilometer sitting biathlon race was held earlier in the day, where Sin
Eui-hyun's hunt for medals continued.
But Sin finished in 5th place with a time of 50 minutes 1-point-0-9-seconds.
Sin was fast, but after missing four of the five targets in the second round of shooting,
he lost focus.
Lee Jeong-min, who was also in contention, finished 9th, recording a time of 51 minutes
51-point-5 seconds.
Some more disappointing news for Team Korea,... the previously undefeated para ice hockey
team lost their final group-stage match to the USA, which stands at the top of Group
B, undefeated.
As one of the most offensive teams, the U.S. was aggressive from the start, scoring 6-points
in period 1 alone.
Adding 2 more points in the third period, the U.S. took the game by 8 to nothing.
But still, the good news is that Team Korea, taking second place in its group, has advanced
to the semi-finals for the first time in Paralympic history.
Ranking third in the world, Team Korea will play against world number one Canada on Thursday.
Let's now look at some of the standout events for tomorrow.
The men's and women's alpine skiing giant slalom will take place in the morning, with
4 South Korean skiers participating in the event.
Cross-country skiers' hunt for medals will also begin from early morning with qualification
rounds starting at 10 o'clock.
Six South Korean skiers will participate, including Sin Eui-hyun and Lee Do-yeon.
North Korea's Ma Yu-chol and Kim Jong-hyon will also have their final appearance in the
men's 1-point-1-kilometer sitting sprint... before returning to the North on Thursday.
That's it from me for now but I'll be back with more updates on the Paralympic games
tomorrow.
With that, let's look at the medal table for the day.
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