DPRK wrestler bags gold medal at world wrestling championship

September 18, 2025

Han Chong Song won a gold medal at the 2025 World Wrestling Championship which is going on in Croatia.

The championship brought together more than 860 men and women ace wrestlers from over 80 countries and regions including the DPRK, Kazakhstan, Germany, Italy and Brazil.

Han Chong Song beat all his opponents in the 57kg category of freestyle wrestling and thus advanced to the final stage.

In the final match held on September 15 (local time), he defeated a Kirghizian player 12-9 and clinched the world title. 

KCNA

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