THE Philippine men’s curling team, headed by brothers Marc and Enrico Pfister, and figure skaters Cathryn Limketkai and Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank got here through with crucial performances on Wednesday to stay within the medal hunt within the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.
The Filipino curlers, who even have Christian Haller and Alan Frei, smashed the Taiwanese, 11-3, to make sure it of a spot within the knockout qualification match against the Japanese squad composed of Ryo Aoki, Haruki Watanabe, Ayumu Hemmi and Rin Kyotoh scheduled on Thursday on the Pingfang Curling Arena.
Ms. Limketkai had a forty five.28 total while Ms. Frank 43.55 in ending ninth and 10th places, respectively, in the ladies’s single skating short program.
It was enough to book them a seat within the 24-woman medal round.
The Filipino pair joined fellow figure skater Paolo Borromeo, who had a 61.11 to find yourself ninth in the boys’s side and one in every of the 16 seats to the boys’s medal round.
“We’re definitely going for a medal. That is going to be historic for the country,’’ said Mr. Frei.
The Philippine women’s curling squad of Kathleen Dubbertein, Leilani Sumbillo An, Sheila Mariano and Anne Bonache, in contrast, succumbed to China, 9-5, that dealt a giant blow to its medal aspirations.
In the ladies’s freeski big air event on the Yabuli Ski Resort, Laetaz Amihan Rabe wound up sixth and last.
“I like the game, and I hope to enhance more. I’m still young and there’s no technique to say no despite the outcomes. I all the time like to represent the Philippines,” said Ms. Rabe.
Also last night, Isabella Marie Gamez and Aleksandr Korovin, a Russian-born naturalized Filipino, were gunning for the country’s historic medal within the quadrennial tilt within the mixed pair free skating after ending up fourth of the six finalists. — Joey Villar
