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Taekwon-Do contest 

The Taekwon-Do contest of the DPRK Championships took place at the Taekwon-Do Palace in Pyongyang.

It was held, divided into pattern, sparring, special technique, power breaking and self-defence routine.

The Pyongyang municipal team won the men’s and women’s individual pattern competitions by ensuring accuracy in performing movements at a high level, and North Hwanghae provincial and Pyongyang municipal teams the men’ and women’s team pattern competitions respectively.

Eye-catchers were the men's and women's individual and team sparring events.

In the individual sparring players fully displayed their high physical and tactical abilities.

In the team sparring the Pyongyang municipal and Jagang provincial teams took first place.

The men’s and women’s individual and team special technique, individual power breaking and self-defence routine matches were held with competitive enthusiasm growing higher between players. 

Kim Kuk Chong of the South Hwanghae provincial team and Choe Hae Yon of the Jagang provincial team won the individual special technique events respectively.

In the teams’ total standings the Pyongyang municipal team took first place and the Kangwon and Jagang provincial teams second and third places respectively.

Trampoline competition 

The trampoline competition also took place as part of the DPRK Championships.

It brought together over 30 male and female players from six units including the April 25 Sports Team, Pyongyang Sports Club and Kigwancha Sports Club and newly-emerging players distinguished themselves in 11 categories. 

In the men’s individual trampoline, a player of the April 25 Sports Team took first place by raising the rate of success in performing movements while dynamically performing movements in competitions with his rivals who had proved successful at domestic and international games in the past.

In the women’s event, a player of the same sports team came first by displaying well her ability and potentiality.

Players of the April 25 Sports Team finished in the top three in several categories by raising the level of the arrangement of movements and qualitative level of their performance, thus displaying the features of the prestigious team this time, too.  

Players of the Pyongyang Sports Club won gold medals in the men’s synchronized trampoline and the women’s team trampoline and those of the Kigwancha Sports Club in the mixed synchronized trampoline and the women’s team and individual double small trampoline. 

Ssirum (Korean wrestling) contest

There took place the ssirum contest of the DPRK Championships.

It drew more than 100 players from 14 units including the Pyongyang Sports Club and the Kigwancha Sports Club and was held divided into body-weight, under 75kg and over 75kg catchweight and team events.

Players of the Agricultural Commission ssirum team and the Kigwancha, Waudo and Pyongyang sports clubs won the body-weight matches.

As to the gold medal tally in the body-weight matches, the Agricultural Commission ssirum team won four, the Pyongyang and Kigwancha sports clubs two respectively and the Waudo Sports Club one. 

Players of the Pyongyang Sports Club won the titles of the under 75kg and over 75kg catchweight events.

In the team event, players of the sports club displayed high skills which they had honed in ordinary times to take first place and lift the cup.