The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in China, claiming the tropical country’s first Asian Winter Games medal with a victory in the men’s final against South Korea.

HARBIN, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Philippines claimed its first-ever gold medal in Asian Winter Games history on Friday, defeating South Korea 5-3 in men's curling final at Harbin 2025.

Philippines on Friday bagged a historic and unlikely gold medal by stunning South Korea 5-3 in men's curling at the Asian Winter Games in China's Harbin. The South Koreans were after their third Winter Asiad gold in men's curling -- winning previous editions in 2003 and 2007 -- along with exemption from mandatory military service awarded to Asian Games champions from their country.

Curlers Marc Pfister, Christian Haller, Enrico Pfister, Alan Frei, and Benjo Delarmente deliver the Philippines a gold for its first-ever medal in Asian Winter Games history

The Philippine curling team brought home a historic gold medal in the Harbin Asian Winter Games after outlasting powerhouse Korea, 5-3, in a heartstopping final Friday morning at the Harbin Pingfang Curling Arena.

Marc Pfister didn’t come all the way from Bern, Switzerland just to grab any medal of lesser value at the 9th Asian Winter Games. The Filipino-Swiss skip accomplished that

The Philippines won gold after winning the final against South Korea. This year’s Games are the first to which Hong Kong has sent a curling team. The city has appeared in six previous Asian Winter Games, going back to the first in Sapporo in 1986, but never won a medal.

South orea fell to the Philippines to take silver in men's curling at the Asian Winter Games in China on Friday.