At the 2025 Harbin Asian Winter Games, the South Korean women's curling team, which has reached the top for the first time in 18 years, will take advantage of the momentum and lock up the first gold medal in history and a direct ticket to the Winter Olympics at the World Championships held at home stadium.

At the 2025 LGT World Women's Curling Championship Media Day, from left, Gyeonggi Provincial Hall Curling Team players Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim Su-ji, Xue Ye-ji, and Xue Ye-eun

The Korean women's curling team, consisting of Kim Eun-ji, Kim Min-ji, Kim so-ji, Xue Ye-eun, and Xue Ye-ji, made up their minds at the 2025 World Women's Curling Championship Media Day held at the Olympic Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 12th, saying, "This is the gate to the Olympic Games. I unfortunately won the bronze medal last year, so I will definitely win the gold medal at this tournament held on home soil. ”

At last month's Asian Winter Games in Harbin, the Korean women's curling team won 10 matches from the heats to the finals and won the gold medal, and now they are training in a sweat with the aim of competing in the Olympics and winning the World Championships.

Kim Eun-ji, a curling team member of the Gyeonggi Provincial Hall, delivered a speech at the 2025 LGT World Women's Curling Championship Media Day held at the Olympic Center in Songpa-gu, Seoul on the 12th

At the Women's World Curling Championships, the best result in the history of the Korean team is the silver medal won in 2022. South Korea, who finished third at last year's World Championships, set the goal of standing at the top of the podium for the first time.

The Women's Curling World Championships, which will be held at the Gyeonggi Uijeong Ice Rink starting on the 15th of this month, will determine the quota for the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics. One of the 10 tickets to the Olympics belongs to the host country, Italy, and through the tournament, seven countries (regions) will receive direct tickets.

South Korean women's curling coach Shin Dong-ho is looking forward to it: "After finishing third at last year's World Championships, the Korean team has no problem qualifying for the Olympics. As long as you don't rank at the bottom in terms of combat effectiveness, you can go straight to the Olympics. I'll enjoy it at home. Hopefully, before the Olympics, curling will be more loved and developed. Although he has to face traditional curling teams such as Canada, Switzerland, and Sweden, Coach Shen seems very confident, "Although there will be pressure, before the Olympics, after important events such as the World Championships, the players have accumulated a lot of experience. ”

On February 14, at the women's curling ceremony of the 2025 Asian Winter Games, Kim Min-ji (from left), Xue Yi-eun, Kim Eun-ji, Kim so-ji, and Xue Yizhi held the gold medal

Kim Eun-ji added, "Rather than worrying about who the opponent is, we will try to play the game we want. Kim so-ji said, "I'm sure we'll go to the Olympics. It's a high-level team, but there are a lot of opponents, so I'm training based on experience. She also said confidently: "After participating in the Asian Winter Games and the domestic Winter Games in a row, I have recovered with a break and made up for the lack of Asian Winter Games in the last two weeks." I'm even more convinced that I can reach the top position at this World Championships. ”