DPRK player bags gold medal at world wrestling championship
September 20, 2025Won 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