Korea started the 2nd Women's World Championships in Monterrey, Mexico by winning the gold and silver medal in the Doubles event Sunday at Bol Obispado in Monterrey, Mexico.

Choi Jin-A and Nam Bo-Ra (l-r) shot the highest doubles total in Women's World Championships history Saturday en route to earn the gold medal with record 2,804 six-game total. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Choi/Nam started with games of 456, 482 and 495 to become the first female duo to crack the 1400-bar over three games with 1,433. The previous record of 1,391 set by Kamilla Kjeldsen and Britt Brøndsted in 2005 was beaten by Gye/Kim, who had 3-game series of 1,395 and 1,392 in the opening squad.

Choi, a left-hander, fired the second highest six-game block in tournament history with 1,437, an average of 239.5 per game, while Nam contributed 1,367. Team USA's Diandra Asbaty holds the individual six-game block record with 1,496, a record she set in 2003.

They beat the previous record of 2,787, which was set by fellow Korean teammates Gye Min-Young and Kim Yeau-Jin (l-r) in the opening squad. Gye and Kim, who rolled the first 300 game of the championships and the second in the history of the World Championships earned the silver medal. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Both of their totals beat the previous six-game doubles record of 2,737, set in 2003 by England's Kirsten Penny and Zara Glover.

The Team USA pairing of Tennelle Milligan and Lynda Barnes (l-r) finished the event in third place to capture the bronze with 2,729.

Milligan shot 1,371 while Barnes totaled 1,358. The Americans had 1,326 in the first block and added 1,403 in the second. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Swedes Helen Johnsson and Malin Glendert led the fourth and final squad with 2697 to land in fourth place,

Mexicans Adriana Perez and Sandra Gongora re-broke the record for one-game also set by Gye/Kim in the sixth game. Perez rolled 279 and Gongora added 268 for a 547 one-game total. The Koreans had 526 in their third game to beat the 513 score also set by Glover/Penny in 2003 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Shalin Zulkifli from Malaysia, who finished in fifth place with Sharon Koh at 2,653 rolled the highest 3-game series of the tournament thus far with 752 (248, 257, 247). Aumi Guerra, Dominican Republic, shot a 290-game, the second-highest game of the day, to help grab the seventh place together with Annie Henriquez, 2,637.

Choi Jin-A took the lead in All Events after 6 of 24 games or one of four disciplines (Doubles, Trios, Team and Singles).

The Women's World Championships features 227 athletes from 43 countries competing in six events - doubles, trios, team, singles, all-events and Masters.

Courtesy of Lucas Wiseman, USBC Communications




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