DPRK wrestler bags gold at Asian Wrestling Championship
March 29, 2025Ri Se Ung of the DPRK won a gold medal at the 2025 Asian Wrestling Championship.
The championship which is going on in Amman of Jordan has drawn over 360 excellent men and women wrestlers from more than 20 countries and regions including the DPRK, Mongolia and Kazakhstan.
Ri overpowered all the rivals in the 60kg category of Greco-Roman wrestling on March 26 (local time) and advanced to the final match.
He beat an Uzbek player 6-4 at the final match, exalting the honour of the country.
Meanwhile, his compatriots Ro Yu Chol, Kim Chan and Son Man Gwang won bronze medals respectively in the 55kg, 63kg and 67kg categories of Greco-Roman wrestling.
THE PYONGYANG TIMES