Ekaterina Galkina (Moscow, RUS) lost
6-3 to
Alina Kovaleva (Saint-Petersburg, RUS) in the Final of the Russian Curling Cup, held December 21 - 25, 2018 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. To advance to the championship game, Galkina won
6-4 over
Elizaveta Trukhina (Irkutsk, RUS) in the semifinals of the 2018 Russian Curling Cup in Krasnoyarsk, Russia;
Galkina finished 7-0 in the 16-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Galkina defeated
Diana Margarian (Saint Petersburg, RUS) 8-5, then won
11-2 against
Anastasia Sushkova (Tatarstan, RUS) and
7-6 against
Olga Kotelnikova (Moscow, RUS). Galkina won
6-4 against
Ekaterina Kungurova (Novosibirsk, RUS), then won
7-4 against
Evgenia Mamykina (Moscow, RUS) and
5-3 against
Ekaterina Telnova (Moscow, RUS). Galkina won
5-4 against
Ksenia Novikova (Moscow, RUS) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Russian Curling Cup, Galkina take home
13.939 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. For week 20 of the event schedule, Galkina did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Galkina ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
