Johnson Tao (Edmonton, CAN) won
7-4 over
Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) in the Final of the World Junior-B Curling Championships, held December 14 - 19, 2023 in Lohja, Finland. To advance to the championship game, Tao won
7-4 over
William Becker (Naseby, NZL) in the semifinals of the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; and won
6-4 over
Axel Landelius (Mjoelby, SWE) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 World Junior-B Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland;
Tao finished 4-2 in the 22-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Tao lost
6-3 to
Eduard Nikolov (Kyiv, UKR), then responded with a
11-2 win over
Selahattin Eser (Erzurum, TUR). Tao won
7-2 against
Aidos Alliyar (Almaty, KAZ). Tao went on to lose
6-3 against
Ryo Aoki (Sapporo, JPN). Tao responded with a
7-5 win over
Matthaus Hofer (Kitzbuehel, AUT). Tao won
7-2 against
Antoni Frynia (Lodz, POL) in their final qualifying round match.
For winning the World Junior-B Curling Championships Championship title, Tao earned
7.500 world rankings points. For week 22 of the event schedule, Tao did not improve upon their best events, remaining at 65th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
54.914 total points. Tao ranks 75th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
30.750 points earned so far this season.
