Sweden's Helen Johnsson, Malin Glendert and Nina Flack (l-r) overcame a 43-pin deficit in the final game to win the gold medal in the Women's World Championships in Mexico. The Swedes, who finished the event with 3,970, shot 686 in the finale to top the first block leaders from the United States. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Johnsson, who moved into third place with 2746 (228.83), led the team with 1393, Glendert added 1329 and Flack contributed 1238 en route to break the old Championship record (3,811) set by 2005 World Champions Wang Yu-Lin, Huang Chiung-Yao and Chou Miao-Lin, Chinese Taipei, by 159 pins. The Swedes averaged 220.56 over six games, the first three on long oil and the second three on the short oil pattern.

Team USA's Shannon O'Keefe, Tennelle Milligan and Lynda Barnes (l-r), who led the field after the first block, fell behind the Swedes after the first game on Monday, fourth game overall, but regained the lead with a huge 737-game, which broke the old the previous record (728 from Koreans Kim Soo-Kyung, Choi Ji-Na and Cha Mi-Jung) by 9 pins. Click on the image to enlarge it.

Malaysians Sharon Koh (218), Esther Cheah (279) and Shalin Zulkifli (261) set the new record of 758 in their fifth game. The Americans could only muster 601 in their final game and had to settle for the silver medal with 3,928.

"Even though we came here to win gold medals, I'm not disappointed because we bowled really great and just hit a bad pair of lanes the last game," said Barnes, a three-time U.S. Amateur champion. "The last pair played so differently than the previous lanes we were on that it took us by surprise. We just didn't get matched up quickly enough."

Barnes paced Team USA with 1,351 and was followed by Milligan with 1,315 and O'Keefe with 1,262. It was the highest finish in trios in 20 years for Team USA since the gold medal in Helsinki in 1987.

Korea with Nam Bo Ra, Choi Jin A and Kim Yeau Jin claimed the bronze with 3,898. Kim, who shot a perfect game in doubles, led the team with 1365 to overtake the lead in All Events after 12 of 24 games with 2,771 total and an average of 230.92. Choi added 1,313 but slipped to second place in All Events with 2,751 (229.52). Nam contributed 1219.

Danes Mai Ginge Jensen, Britt Brondsted and Kamilla Kjeldsen missed the bronze medal by 12 pins to finish fourth at 3,886. Singapore's Sabrina Lim, Evelyn Chan, Jazreel Tan rolled games of 687, 647 and 748 on the long pattern to set a new championship record for three games with 2082, a 231.33 average, en route to jump into fifth place with 3,816.

Video from the Women's World Championships Trios event

Courtesy by Lucas Wiseman





Action now shifts to the five-player team event with three games on the short-oil lane condition Tuesday and three games on the long-oil pattern Wednesday.

The Women's World Championships features 225 athletes from 43 countries competing in six events - Doubles, Trios, Team, Singles, All Events And Masters. Individual totals from Doubles, Trios, Team and Singles are combined to determine the All Events winner. The top 16 in All Events also advance to Masters play.

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