For a long time, any mention of curling would have brought up the country’s salon, not sporting, culture. Not anymore. After all, Marc Pfister didn’t come all the way from Bern, Switzerland, to settle for just any medal at the 9th Asian Winter Games.

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

Games end in glory for ‘Curling Pilipinas’ just two years after their federation was founded, but Hong Kong’s curlers just miss medal.