FLIMS, Switzerland - Canadas Kelsey Rocque edged South Koreas Kyeong-Ae Kim 7-6 to advance to the womens final at the world junior curling championship Monday. Cheap Chicago Bulls Jerseys . Canada and South Korea played in the Page 1-2 playoff game. South Korea will now face Sweden in the semifinal. Rocque, of Edmonton, finished tied with South Korea atop the overall standings with identical 7-2 records. But the Koreans earned first after beating Canada 8-6 during the round robin. "Its amazing. Its unexplainable right now, its so exciting," said Rocque following her win. "We really just wanted to come here and hopefully medal. "Now that were guaranteed one, we are so excited. Hopefully the gold but well be happy either way. I blinked and that game was over. It was a really fast-paced game with a lot of good shotmaking. It was an exciting game to play in." Canada led 5-4 after eight ends but got into trouble in the ninth when Rocque slid wide on a draw that allowed South Korea to steal two. But in the 10th end, Rocque faced a draw for two and the win and this time made the shot. "Im just so proud of the girls, theyve played so well," Rocque said. "We wanted this so badly, its awesome and were glad all the hard work is finally paying off." Winnipegs Braden Calvert takes on Switzerland in the mens Page 3 versus 4 contest Tuesday. The Canadians finished third with a 6-3 record. http://www.chinajerseyscheap.us.com/nike-nfl-jerseys/ . Youll find all sorts of celebrities and interesting people from Barack Obama to Bill Murray answering real questions in real time in a smart and entertaining way. Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping . David Hunter and Nick Sorensen had a goal and an assist apiece for Quebec (34-15-9), Francois Godin, and Fabrice Herzog also scored, and Adam Chapman added an empty netter with two seconds left in the game. CALGARY -- Christine Nesbitt posted her best 500-metre time of the season Sunday to win a fourth gold medal at the Canadian sprint speedskating championships. The London, Ont., native skated under 38 seconds in both runs. Her times of 37.997 and 37.884 brought her in at 75.88. Calgarys Anastasia Bucsis took the silver in 76.70 and Danielle Wotherspoon of Red Deer, Alta., captured the bronze in 77.57. The mens 500-metre race was won by Edmontons Jamie Gregg with a combined time of 69.50 seconds (34.69, 34.81). Montreals Muncef Ouardi was second in 69.82 and Lacroix-Boisvert of Sherbrooke, Que., third in 70.09. Nesbitt also won the womens 1,000, 1,500 and 3,000-metre races in Calgary this week. "(The 500s) were good races," said Nesbitt, the gold-medal winner in the 1,000 metres at the 2010 Olympics. "Those are the two fastest times for me this year and only the third and fourth times Ive skated under 38 seconds. Im happy with that. "I feel there is still room for improvement. The second race I had one of my fastest starts ever but I had trouble setting up the second corner. I didnt set it up properly. I was a bit unstable, so I know I can go faster than that." Nesbitt previously had a 38.31 when she placed fifth at a World Cup in Heerenveen, Netherlands, in early December. The world 500 metre record is owned by Jenny Wolf of Germany, who skated 37.00 in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2009. Wolf also has the two-race 500-metre mark of 74.42 seconds, which she recorded in Calgary in 2007. Nesbitt will now go for her fourth straight 1,000-metre win this season on the World Cup circuit Jan. 21-22 in Salt Lake City. She holds the World Cup lead at both thaat distance and 1,500 metres heading into that World Cup, having also picked up two wins and a silver in the 1,500 in Europe before Christmas. Cheap Cowboys Jerseys. After Salt Lake City the focus shifts back to Calgary for the world sprint championships Jan. 28-29. Gregg will be there too. He secured his spot at the worlds by winning both the 500-metre and 1,000-metre Canadian titles. "Im happy with my two races (Sunday)," Gregg said. "I still need to work on my start positions. I was a little bit off both races; slipped a bit and lost some time there. I will work on my corners, my entries. Everything can be a little bit sharper and the tenths (of a second) will come down with that." Gregg has competed in only one other major international event in Calgary -- a World Cup -- so he is looking forward to skate there. "Being at home is going to be incredible," he said. "The World Cup was incredible and the world championships is going to be even more exciting." Speed Skating Canada officials said they will announce who will join Nesbitt and Gregg on the hosts team for the world sprint championships later this week. Calgarys Denny Morrison, who has a World Cup bronze in the 1,000 this season, tweeted Sunday night that he had qualified. Winnipegs Tyler Derraugh won Sundays 20-lap mass start mens race in 10 minutes 32.33 seconds. Philippe Riopel of Repentigny, Que., won the silver (10:33.15) and Leo Landry of Chelsea, Que., took the bronze (10:33.45). The womens 15-lap mass start gold went to Tori Spence of Kamloops, B.C., in 8:57.07. Lauren McGuire of Ottawa took second (8:57.51) and Ashley Nelson of Nelson B.C., third (8:57.07). ' ' ' |