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The 2025 LGT World Curling Championship will be held at Uijeongbu Indoor Ice Rink in Gyeonggi-do from the 15th to the 23rd.
More than 100 athletes from 13 countries will participate in this competition to compete in the women's team event. It is the second world competition to be held in Korea since the 2009 Gangneung World Women's Curling Championship, and the most prestigious women's curling event for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics (8 countries including host country Italy) less than a year away. At the Harbin Winter Asian Games last month, the Korean women's curling team '5G' (Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Seol Ye-eun, and Seol Ye-ji), who recaptured the top spot in Asia for the first time in 18 years since the 2007 Changchun Games, will compete and challenge for a ticket to Milan.
Yoo In-chon, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), plans to visit the stadium on the 15th, the opening day, to encourage athletes and leaders, and watch the preliminary match between Korea and Japan. Minister Yoo, who visited the '2025 International Skating Union (ISU) Four Continents Figure Skating Competition' on the 21st of last month to check the matters necessary to support the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics immediately after the Harbin Winter Asian Games, has recently continued his active field trips to support winter sports.
Along with an on-site inspection of the World Women's Curling Championships, it plans to hold a 'Winter Sports Cooperation Meeting' with officials and leaders of winter sports organizations in the future. Kim Yoo Seung Min, president of the Korea Sports Council, who will be inaugurated on the 27th, will also cheer with Minister Yoo on the spot.
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| Team in the hands of gold medal'5G' |
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Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo In-chon said, `As this competition has been selected as the grand prize for the '2025 International Games Support Project' hosted by local governments, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism plans to take care of the necessary matters to help Korea become a world-class winter sports powerhouse through this competition,' adding, `I hope this competition will expand the base of curling and be loved by more people.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
