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[Asian Games] North Korean Weightlifter Lee Seong-geum Cries, "I Cry Thinking About my Parents and People"
“I’m not sure” about the prospects of participating in the Paris Olympics.
North Korea's Ri Seong-geum, who won the gold medal with a new world record in the women's 49 kg weightlifting class at the 2022 Hangzhou Asian Games, said on the 30th, "I couldn't help but cry when I thought that I had brought news of the game (gold medal) to my parents and the people of the whole country." 온라인카지노
“She felt that all the sweat she had shed so far was not in vain,” Li Seong-geum said at a post-game press conference held at the Xiaoshan Sports Center in Hangzhou, China this afternoon.
On this day, Lee Seong-geum lifted 92 kg in snatch, 124 kg in clean and jerk, and 216 kg in total, defeating Zhang Hui-hua (25, China) with a total of 213 kg (94 kg in snatch, 119 kg in clean and jerk) to win the championship.
Ri Seong-geum's gold medal is the first medal won in weightlifting, which North Korea considers a 'medal field' at the Asian Games.
North Korean weightlifters once again proved their top-level capabilities at a time when their skills were in question as they disappeared from international competitions after the 2019 Pattaya World Championships due to the blockade due to the spread of COVID-19.
Lee Seong-geum showed tears of emotion as he received the gold medal from the podium and hung it around his neck.
Lee Seong-geum emphasized, “I saw the coronavirus (lockdown) period as a good opportunity to improve my skills and body, and I have been training vigorously in Korea so far,” adding, “As a result, I was able to win the world record in the competition.”
Meanwhile, when asked about the possibility of North Korean weightlifters participating in the 2024 Paris Olympics due to their repeated absence from international competitions where Olympic ranking points are at stake, Ri Seong-geum smiled and replied, "I'm not sure about that."
Lee Seong-geum is an athlete who won a gold medal in the 48kg class at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.
He is a member of the April 25th Sports Team under the North Korean military, which is known as the cradle of North Korea's 'elite sports'.
He was also included in the ‘Top 10 Best Players of 2022’ selected by North Korea across all sports last March.
North Korean media reported that he set new records in various domestic competitions held in 2021, and that he trained with the intention to "repay with excellent performance the faith and expectations of the party and country that placed him as a winner of the Kim Il-sung Youth Honor Award and a meritorious athlete."