Culture 2024.12.2.
DPRK players returned home on November 30 after taking part in the 37th CISM World Military Wrestling Championship held in Armenia.
They won seven gold and three other medals in the championship attended by more than 250 men and women wrestlers from 20-odd countries including the DPRK, Russia, France, India and Columbia.
They bagged gold medals in men’s free-style 57 kg and 61 kg categories and greco-roman 55 kg category and in women’s 53 kg, 57 kg, 59 kg and 68 kg categories.
They also placed second in the free-style 65 kg category and greco-roman 60 kg category and third in the greco-roman 67 kg category.
They were warmly greeted by officials in the sports field, sportspersons and their families at Pyongyang International Airport.
Rodong Sinmun