Canada drops 2nd in a row, falling to South Korea in wheelchair curling

Canada's wheelchair curling team suffered its second consecutive loss at the Beijing Paralympics, falling 9-4 to South Korea on Tuesday in China.

South Korea went up 4-0 through the first four ends of the game, as Canada got off to a slow start.

The Canadians finally got on the board in the fifth end, scoring two points to cut the deficit in half.

After South Korea's four-point sixth end, which catapulted their lead to 8-2, Canada answered with another two points going into the eighth and final end. South Korea then added one more to close the game out.

Canada will next play Slovakia on Tuesday at 6:35 a.m. ET.

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Canada's Derek Zaplotinsky finished eighth in the men's sitting 10-kilometre biathlon race.

The Smoky Lake, Alta., native crossed the finish line with a time of 32 minutes 56.4 seconds.

The 36-year-old's time was just over two minutes back of gold medallist Liu Mengtao of China.

Christina Picton, of Fonthill, Ont., also placed eighth in the women's event.

The 28-year-old finished with a time of 39:15.9, which was a little over six minutes back of gold medal winner, Kendall Gretsch of the U.S. 

American Oksana Masters claimed silver, falling just under nine seconds behind her teammate. Germany's Anja Wicker secured bronze.