11thframe.com
Bowling's digital daily newspaper delivering news, analysis and opinion.

Finnish men, Korean women beat defending champion Team USA for team gold medal at World Championships; Korean husband and wife sweep Masters golds

JEFF RICHGELS | Posted: Friday, August 30, 2013 11:00 pm
Finnish men, Korean women beat defending champion Team USA for team gold medal at World Championships; Korean husband and wife sweep Masters golds
Korea crushed Team USA to win the team gold at the World Championships. Photo by United States Bowling Congress.
If there is a country that gets more out of its size in global sports than Korea, I'm not aware of it. Koreans dominate women’s golf and they are a giant force in bowling, which they showed again at the 2013 World Tenpin Bowling Association World Championships that ended Friday in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. In team, the defending champion Team USA men and women both rallied in Thursday’s second round of qualifying to make the medal round, but Finland defeated Team USA for...