Chelsea Carey can’t hide her dejection after a poor shot at the women’s world championship on Wednesday.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press
Canada's Chelsea Carey is not happy with herself.
She missed the final shot in the 10th end as her Calgary-based rink lost to South Korea's Ji Sun Kim 8-7 on Wednesday afternoon in Draw 13 of the women's curling world championship.
Carey (6-2) struggled with draw weight in the first half of the game, but used a well-placed takeout in the eighth for a decisive lead. Looking for a simple takeout in the 10th, Carey threw through the house with South Korea sitting two.
"We can't do anything about it now," Carey said outside the locker room immediately after the loss. "That game was ours to lose and I did that and it's my fault. I'll hopefully not make another stupid mistake like that."
Canada has not won a women's curling world championship since Winnipeg's Jennifer Jones did it in 2008. With only three games remaining in the round-robin portion of this year's tournament Carey is focused on tackling her remaining opponents one at a time.
"I don't care what's going on around us in the standings," Carey said. "It's not dire, it's just frustrating to have it in your hands and then just give it to them. Losing that game is one thing, doing it like that is another."
Kim (4-3) took advantage of Canada's early struggles to take control of the game.
Canada, with the hammer, opened the first end with a blank. Carey came up well short on a draw in the second end, giving South Korea a steal of two for the lead. Carey then tied it 2-2 with a hit and roll in the third end, recovering from her earlier gaffe.
Third Amy Nixon threw a pair of offline rocks in the fourth end, digging a hole for Canada. Carey recovered though with a double takeout to minimize the damage, forcing South Korean fourth Un Chi Gim to throw a draw for one and a 3-2 lead. A blank in the fifth kept the score 3-2.
"Right now I'm just feeling sorry for Chelsea," Nixon said. "It looks like it's on her but she made a lot of shots that game. We just need to get everybody back in a headspace to come back out and battle."
Carey opened the second half with a double in a crowded house, taking a 4-2 lead out of the sixth. Gim then drew in for a single to tie it 4-4 in the seventh.
A perfectly placed single takeout for a triple by Carey in the eighth end brought the Canadian fans in attendance at Credit Union i-Plex to their feet with cowbells ringing out in celebration.
South Korea replied with a double in the ninth end to make it 7-6, then Carey's last stone in the 10th end was weighted too heavy and Kim picked up the decisive two-point steal.