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DPRK table tennis players with disabilities

Date: 17/05/2020 | Source: KFPD (En) | Read original version at source

On the present international sports arena there can be seen the sportspeople with disabilities who are running to be the winners overcoming physical pain. Among them are the sportspersons with disabilities of the DPRK, including Jon Ju Hyon and Kim Yong Rok, the table tennis players of the Korean Sports Association of the Disabled, who won gold medals in the ITTF Asian Para Championships 2019 and 2019 ITTF Bangkok Open Para Championships. Not content with their laurels, they train hard to make success in the 16th Paralympics.

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