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With overwhelming superiority

O Kyong Ryong, Merited Athlete and wrestler of the Pyongyang Sports Club, was born into a farmer’s family in Jongju City of North Phyongan Province.

She learned the ABC of wrestling at Jongju City Extracurricular Sports School and acquired its basic techniques at the extracurricular sports school of the Pyongyang Sports Club. Later, she started her wrestling career at the club, where she has improved her physical and technical abilities.

At international games, she fully displayed her abilities which she had built up with unflagging enthusiasm, without resting on her laurels.

O Kyong Ryong made her international debut at the then Asian Juvenile Wrestling Championship in 2015, winning a gold medal.

In particular, she beat her opponents with a commanding lead at the international games held last year.

She defeated her rival 8-1 in the final match to take first place in the 55kg category of women’s wrestling at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championship. She also beat her opponents 12-0 in the preliminary, 14-7 in the quarterfinal, by a fall in the semi-final and 10-0 in the final in the 55kg women’s wrestling category of the 2025 World Wrestling Championship, thereby standing on the winners’ podium.

As a result, she was selected as one of the top 10 players of the DPRK for the year.

Winning Asian and world championships in one year

Merited Athlete Han Chong Song is a wrestler of the April 25 Combat Sports Team.

Born and brought up in Hanggu District of Nampho Municipality, he was originally interested in Taekwon-Do, a Korean orthodox martial art.

Later, Han began to learn wrestling at Waudo District Extracurricular Sports School and steadily built up his ability.

He distinguished himself in domestic competitions including the national games of sports schools in 2015 to draw the attention of experts and achieved good results in the 19th Asian Games in 2023.

Han won a gold medal at the 37th CISM World Military Wrestling Championship in 2024 and also took first place at both the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championship and the 2025 World Wrestling Championship.

Only on straight course of victory

Won Myong Gyong, wrestler of the Jangsan Sports Club, was born in Sinam District of Chongjin City, North Hamgyong Province.

It is said that when she began to learn wrestling, some worried that she would fail as she was so small in build and stature.

But she strived to prove herself.

Once the training goal was set, she never left the training ground before attaining it.

Her astonishing persevering fighting spirit of never succumbing to difficulties and energetic efforts put her on the track of success.

She made her international debut at the then Asian Juvenile Wrestling Championship in 2016 to win the women’s 40kg-category wrestling event and came third in the women’s 50kg category of both the 2019 Asian Junior Wrestling Championship and the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championship.

Won Myong Gyong made more exacting demands on herself to improve her playing ability, thus emerging as a world champion in less than six months.

She won a gold medal in the women’s 50kg category of the 2025 World Wrestling Championship by defeating all the opponents she had confronted at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championship.