Gulbis2-1 at 2016 Thompson Curling Challenge

SKIP
Ritvars
Gulbis

Third
Raivis
Busmanis

Second
Aivars
Avotins

Lead
Janis
Klive

Ritvars Gulbis (Riga, LAT) finished 2-1 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Gulbis defeated Sebastian Wunderer (Kitzbuhel, AUT) 10-2, then won 8-2 against Switzerland's Fritz Oswald. Gulbis went on to lose 5-2 against Bjorn Jungen (Adelboden, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

Gulbis earned 7.287 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Thompson Curling Challenge, moving up 88 spots the World Ranking Standings into 193rd place overall with 12.448 total points. Gulbis ranks 124th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 7.287 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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