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Wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics facts for kids

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The Wheelchair Curling event at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games was a super exciting part of the Paralympics! It happened at the Gangneung Curling Centre in South Korea. Teams from all over the world competed to see who was the best at this cool sport.

Wheelchair curling is a lot like regular curling, but it's played by athletes who use wheelchairs. It's a game of skill and strategy, where players slide stones across the ice towards a target area called the "house."

How Wheelchair Curling Works

In wheelchair curling, teams try to get their stones as close as possible to the center of the target, called the "button." Players push the stones from their wheelchairs. Unlike regular curling, there's no sweeping the ice in front of the stone. This means players have to be super accurate with their throws!

Team Rules

Each team playing in wheelchair curling must have at least one woman on their team. This helps make sure that the sport is fair and open to everyone.

Who Won Medals?

Here's a quick look at which countries won medals in wheelchair curling at the 2018 Winter Paralympics:

Medal Table

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  China 1 0 0 1
2  Norway 0 1 0 1
3  Canada 0 0 1 1
Totals (3 entries) 1 1 1 3

Medal Winners

These are the amazing athletes who won medals for their countries:

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mixed  China
Wang Haitao
Chen Jianxin
Liu Wei
Wang Meng
Zhang Qiang (alternate)
Coach: Yue Qingshuang		  Norway
Rune Lorentsen
Jostein Stordahl
Ole Fredrik Syversen
Sissel Løchen
Rikke Iversen (alternate)
Coach: Peter Dahlman		  Canada
Mark Ideson
Ina Forrest
Dennis Thiessen
Marie Wright
James Anseeuw (alternate)
Coach: Wayne Kiel

How Teams Ranked

Teams played many games against each other in the "round robin" stage. This helped decide which teams would move on to the playoffs.

Round Robin Standings

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Pos
Country
 Skip W L PF PA Ends Won Ends Lost Blank Ends Stolen Ends Shot %
1  South Korea Seo Soon-seok 9 2 65 51 38 36 9 11 66%
2  Canada Mark Ideson 9 2 74 45 47 28 6 27 62%
3  China Wang Haitao 9 2 85 42 43 32 2 16 67%
4  Norway Rune Lorentsen 7 4 55 57 41 35 5 15 58%
5  Neutral Paralympic Athletes Konstantin Kurokhtin 5 6 61 63 44 37 2 23 62%
6  Switzerland Felix Wagner 5 6 56 63 36 45 2 11 61%
7  Great Britain Aileen Neilson 5 6 57 53 41 33 6 20 62%
8  Germany Christiane Putzich 5 6 57 68 37 39 5 16 54%
9  Slovakia Radoslav Ďuriš 4 7 62 72 39 46 1 11 57%
10  Sweden Viljo Petersson Dahl 4 7 47 66 29 45 8 8 57%
11  Finland Sari Karjalainen 2 9 53 87 35 46 1 11 51%
12  United States Kirk Black 2 9 58 63 37 45 3 12 60%

Round Robin Results Summary

Here's a quick summary of all the games played during the round robin stage:

Team
 Canada China Finland Germany Great Britain Neutral Paralympic Athletes Norway Slovakia South Korea Sweden Switzerland United States Record
 Canada 8–5 8–4 6–2 1–8 5–4 10–1 9–5 5–7 8–4 8–0 6–5 9–2
 China 5–8 6–4 7–3 9–3 10–4 10–1 9–2 6–7 9–4 8–2 6–4 9–2
 Finland 4–8 4–6 4–8 2–9 5–12 4–6 6–7 3–11 6–5 7–10 8–5 2–9
 Germany 2–6 3–7 8–4 3–8 9–4 6–8 7–6 4–3 5–9 4–9 6–4 5–6
 Great Britain 8–1 3–9 9–2 8–3 2–8 5–2 5–6 4–5 6–1 4–7 3–9 5–6
 Neutral Paralympic Athletes 4–5 4–10 12–5 4–9 8–2 2–6 7–5 5–6 3–7 6–4 6–4 5–6
 Norway 1–10 1–10 6–4 8–6 2–5 6–2 7–6 9–2 4–5 6–3 5–4 7–4
 Slovakia 5–9 2–9 7–6 6–7 6–5 5–7 6–7 5–7 8–3 5–6 7–6 4–7
 South Korea 7–5 7–6 11–3 3–4 5–4 6–5 2–9 7–5 4–2 6–5 7–3 9–2
 Sweden 4–8 4–9 5–6 9–5 1–6 7–3 5–4 3–8 2–4 5–3 2–10 4–7
 Switzerland 0–8 2–8 10–7 9–4 7–4 4–6 3–6 6–5 5–6 3–5 7–4 5–6
 United States 5–6 4–6 5–8 4–6 9–3 4–6 4–5 6–7 3–7 10–2 4–7 2–9

The Exciting Playoffs

After the round robin, the top teams moved on to the playoffs. This is where the competition got even more intense! Teams played in semifinals, then the winners went to the gold medal game, and the others played for the bronze medal.

  Semifinals     Gold medal game
                 
  1   South Korea 6  
  4   Norway 8    
      4   Norway 5
      3   China 6
  2   Canada 3    
  3   China 4   Bronze medal game
 
1   South Korea 3
  2   Canada 5

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Semifinals

The semifinals were played on Friday, March 16th, at 3:35 PM local time.

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 China (Wang) Hammer (Last Stone First End) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 4
 Canada (Ideson) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 South Korea (Seo) Hammer (Last Stone First End) 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 8

Bronze Medal Game

The game for the bronze medal happened on Saturday, March 17th, at 9:35 AM local time.

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 South Korea (Seo) Hammer (Last Stone First End) 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 3
 Canada (Ideson) 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 5

Gold Medal Game

The big gold medal game was played on Saturday, March 17th, at 2:35 PM local time.

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 EE Final
 China (Wang) Hammer (Last Stone First End) 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
 Norway (Lorentsen) 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 5
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