Philippines’ curlers strike historic gold in Asian Winter Games

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Filipino curlers Marc Pfister, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frei, and Benjo Delarmente made history by winning the Philippines' first-ever medal in the Asian Winter Games.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/sports/results-asian-winter-games-curling-philippines-south-korea-february-14-2025/

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00:00Filipino curlers Mark Pfister, Christian Jallier, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frey, and Benjo

00:08de la Hermente made history by winning the Philippines' first-ever medal in the Asian

00:12Winter Games.

00:14The quintet captures gold in the men's team competition with a 5-3 win over South Korea

00:20at the finals at the Harbin Pingfang Curling Arena in China on Friday, February 14.

00:26The Philippines secured the win with strong performances in the final two ends, preventing

00:30Korea from forcing an extra round.

00:33Curling is an Olympic and Paralympic ice sport where two teams take turns to slide stones

00:38towards a target, known as a house.

00:41This marks the first time the Philippines, a tropical country, won a medal in the Continental

00:46Winter Sports Competition since its debut at the 1990 Sapporo edition.

00:51Coached by Jessica Pfister, the Philippines went 4-1 in the group stage, defeated Japan

00:57in the qualification round, and survived a tough semifinal against host China.

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