カーリングオリンピック最終予選
日本はフィンランドに勝ち，同時に行われていたラトビアvsチェコ戦で
チェコが勝ったことにより，次戦のトルコ戦に勝つと大きなチャンスとなる
展開となりました。トルコ相手に前半で大量リードとなり，第6エンドで11-2となり，
相手がコンシード，この時点で，4勝2敗となりました。
次戦のオーストリアは棄権しており，5勝2敗で，
6勝0敗の韓国と5勝1敗のチェコとの直接対決の結果を待つ形となりました。
韓国が勝ってくれることを待つ展開です。韓国の決定戦出場は決まっており，
チェコに負けると2位となるので，全力で戦ってくれることでしょう。
本日の将棋棋戦
女流王位戦リーグ白組，磯谷祐維女流初段が渡部愛女流四段に勝利，
勝った磯谷女流初段は2勝0敗，負けた渡部女流四段は1勝2敗となりました。
同じく女流王位戦リーグ紅組，加藤桃子女流四段が木村朱里女流初段との
大激戦を制して，初白星，1勝1敗としました。負けた木村女流初段は0勝2敗。
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top verb
uk /tɒp/ us /tɑːp/ -pp-
top verb [T] (BE HIGHER THAN)
to be more than:
The school building fund now tops $180,000.
threshold noun
uk /ˈθreʃ.həʊld/ us /ˈθreʃ.hoʊld/
threshold noun (LEVEL)
C2 [C usually singular] the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen:
I have a low/high boredom threshold (= I do/don't feel bored easily).
He earns £400 a month, well below the threshold for paying tax.
paediatric adjective UK (US pediatric)
uk /ˌpiː.diˈæt.rɪk/ us /ˌpiː.diˈæt.rɪk/
relating to the medical care of children:
paediatric medicine
a paediatric hospital
ward noun [C]
uk /wɔːd/ us /wɔːrd/
ward noun [C] (HOSPITAL/PRISON)
B2 one of the parts or large rooms into which a hospital is divided, usually with beds for patients:
a geriatric/maternity/psychiatric ward
encephalopathy noun [C or U] medical specialized
uk /ˌen.kef.əˈlɒp.ə.θi/ us /enˌsef.əˈlɑːp.ə.θi/
inflammation affecting the surface of the brain that may be caused by infection or poisonous substances
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