DPRK player bags gold medal at world wrestling championship

September 20, 2025

Won Myong Gyong won a gold medal in the 50kg category of the 2025 World Wrestling Championship.

She defeated a player competing under neutral status (Russia) and a Kazakhstan player in the preliminaries, a Canadian player in the quarterfinals and a Japanese player in the semi-finals.

She beat her Chinese opponent in the final match held on September 17 (local time) and took the first place.

Meanwhile, Son Il Sim finished runner-up in the women's wrestling 57kg category. 

KCNA

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