Olympic gold medallist Hasselborg grabs Champions Cup spot

Tre Kronor: Anna Hasselborg has skipped Sweden to its third Olympic gold medal in women’s curling.

Hasselborg defeated South Korea’s own EunJung Kim 8-3 in Sunday’s final at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.

The victory secures Hasselborg a spot in the Humpty’s Champions Cup — the season-ending Pinty’s Grand Slam of Curling tournament — running April 24-29 at Calgary’s WinSport Arena.

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Hasselborg posted a 7-2 round-robin record in the Olympic tournament and defeated Great Britain’s Eve Muirhead 10-5 in the semifinals. She is supported by third Sara McManus, second Agnes Knochenhauer and lead Sofia Mabergs.

Anette Norberg skipped Sweden to back-to-back golds at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Games.

The team of Kim, KyeongAe Kim, SeonYeong Kim and YeongMi Kim topped the table at 8-1 and edged Japan, skipped by Satsuki Fujisawa, in an 8-7 extra-end thriller to reach the gold-medal game.

Meanwhile, American John Shuster stunned Niklas Edin of Sweden 10-7 to win the men’s gold medal Saturday and earn his Humpty’s Champions Cup spot.

Teams must win a high-profile tournament in order to receive an invitation to the Humpty’s Champions Cup. Edin (European Championship) and Kim (Pacific-Asia Championship) had already qualified.

HUMPTY’S CHAMPIONS CUP ELIGIBLE EVENTS

Men’s Qualifying Events	Women’s Qualifying Events
2017 Humpty’s Champions Cup Brad Jacobs	2017 Humpty’s Champions Cup Rachel Homan
Tour Challenge (Tier 1) Brad Gushue	Tour Challenge (Tier 1) Val Sweeting
Masters Brad Gushue*	Masters Jennifer Jones
BOOST National Bruce Mouat	BOOST National Jennifer Jones*
Meridian Canadian Open Peter de Cruz	Meridian Canadian Open Chelsea Carey
Princess Auto Elite 10 March 15-18	Players’ Championship April 10-15
Players’ Championship April 10-15	Pacific-Asia Championship EunJung Kim
Pacific-Asia Championship Chang-Min Kim	European Championship Eve Muirhead
European Championship Niklas Edin	Scotties Tournament of Hearts Jennifer Jones*
Winter Olympics John Shuster	Winter Olympics Anna Hasselborg
U.S. National Championship March 3-10	U.S. National Championship March 3-10
World Junior Championship March 3-11	World Junior Championship March 3-11
Tim Hortons Brier March 3-11	World Championship March 17-25
World Championship March 31-April 8	World Curling Tour Spot 1 TBD
World Curling Tour Spot TBD	World Curling Tour Spot 2 TBD

* If a team wins more than one of the events listed (e.g. Team Gushue capturing the Tour Challenge Tier 1 and Masters) the winner of the next-ranked World Curling Tour event based on strength of field will receive an invitation.