Karsten Sturmay (Edmonton, CAN) lost
6-5 to
Magnus Ramsfjell (Oslo, NOR) in the Final of the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade, held March 2 - 10, 2019 in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. Advancing directly to the semifinals, Sturmay won
9-8 over
Yannick Schwaller (Bern, SUI) to advance to the championship game. of the 2019 Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia; of the 2019 Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia;
Sturmay finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sturmay defeated
JeongJae Lee (Seoul, KOR) 9-4, then went on to lose
12-6 against
Ross Whyte (Dumfries, UK). Sturmay responded with a
13-8 win over
Andrew Stopera (Chaska, USA). Sturmay went on to lose
6-5 against
Aleksandr Bystrov (St. Petersburg, RUS). Sturmay responded with a
11-7 win over
Schwaller. Sturmay won
8-3 against
Fredrik Nyman (Stockholm, SWE). Sturmay went on to lose
10-4 against
Jaroslav Vedral (Prague, CZE). Sturmay responded with a
7-4 win over
Cheng Wei Hu (Beijing, CHN). Sturmay won
9-7 against
Ramsfjell in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the Krasnoyarsk 2019 Winter Universiade, Sturmay take home
14.444 world rankings points. Sturmay move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 8.338 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 23rd overall with
154.451 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Sturmay ranks 23rd overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
154.451 points earned so far this season.
