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China loses to S. Korea in additional time at Asian Winter Games ice hockey

HARBIN, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) — China misplaced its opening match 6-5 to South Korea in additional time within the males’s ice hockey Group A match on the Harbin Asian Winter Games on Tuesday.

South Korea took an early lead when Lee Chong-min discovered the again of the online at 6:32. However, China responded shortly, with captain Zhang Jiaqi slicing inside from the correct and scoring simply two minutes later. With three minutes remaining within the first interval, Yan Juncheng delivered a vital shot that put the host forward.

The second interval noticed Zheng Mingju and Guo Jianing strike in fast succession to place China 4-1 up. South Korea pulled one again via Ahn Jin-hui on a short-range shot and Kim Sang-yeob adopted up with one other simply two minutes later, narrowing the hole to 4-3.

Kim scored his second within the third interval, tying the match 4-4 with a well-placed shot, whereas China replied inside minutes as Yu Jilong discovered the online to make it 5-4. In a last-ditch effort, Lee’s shot despatched the match into additional time.

China’s goalie Chen Shifeng made a vital save with simply 45 seconds remaining within the additional time earlier than Kim Sang-wook snatched the winner for South Korea.

“South Korea is a stronger team, and we made more mistakes today. Our players are young and have limited experience at international competitions,” mentioned China’s captain Zhang. “Anyway, we will do our best in the following match, striving to win a medal.”

In different Group A matches on Tuesday, Japan grabbed a dominant 15-0 victory over Chinese Taipei, whereas Kazakhstan swept previous Thailand 12-0. On the ladies’s facet, South Korea routed Hong Kong, China 8-0, and Kazakhstan cruised previous Thailand 9-0.

Seven males’s matches are slated for Wednesday, together with Japan taking over Thailand and China dealing with Kazakhstan.

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