Submitted by Jim Force to Wausau Pilot & Review
The USA Wheelchair Curling team got off to a rough start at the world championships in South Korea this weekend, going 0-3 in their opening games.
Skipped by Wausau’s Matt Thums, the team opened with a nail-biter loss to Italy 4-3 in the opener, then got blown out 9-3 by Norway. This morning, Slovakia edged them 5-4 with a rock in the last end.
Going into tomorrow’s game against Latvia, they are at the bottom of the standings with six games to go. The top six teams in the 12-team tourney will make the qualifying round.
The games are being played at the Olympic-style curling facility in Gangneung, South Korea.
Scores can be followed on livescores.worldcurling.org.
