Canada skip Rachel Homan during a match against the United States at the world women’s curling championship, in Uijeongbu, South Korea, on March 18.Lee Jin-man/The Associated Press
Eunji Gim gave local fans a reason to celebrate Wednesday morning at Uijeongbu Arena as her surging squad knocked off Rachel Homan’s Canadian crew 11-7 at the LGT world women’s curling championship.
Gim’s round-robin record improved to 6-1, second behind Silvana Tirinzoni’s 7-0 team from Switzerland. Canada slipped to third place at 5-2 with Sweden.
Gim and Homan were tied 3-3 after six ends, but the South Korean skip scored three in the seventh with hammer to go ahead 6-3. Canada got one back in the seventh, but…