Curling: Japanese men have 1 last chance to qualify for Olympics

Japan missed out on securing an automatic Olympic berth in men's curling as it fell to a 4-7 record in the round-robin stage Thursday at the 13-team world championship, the penultimate qualifying event for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games.Host Italy and nine teams will compete at the Olympics next February. Seven of the nine qualify based on ranking points from the 2024 and 2025 worlds.Japan will now head to the final qualifying tournament in December, when the last two berths will be contested.In Moose Jaw, Canada, on Thursday, SC Karuizawa Club, representing Japan, defeated China 7-6 but su…READ FULL ARTICLE