DPRK players returned home on November 30 after taking part in the 37th CISM World Military Wrestling Championships held in Armenia.
They won seven gold and three other medals in the championships attended by more than 250 men and women wrestlers from 20-odd countries including the DPRK, Russia, France, India and Columbia.
They bagged gold medals in the men’s free-style 57kg and 61kg categories and greco-roman 55kg category and in the women’s 53kg, 57kg, 59kg and 68kg categories.
They also placed second in the free-style 65kg category and greco-roman 60kg category and third in the greco-roman 67kg category.
They were warmly greeted by officials in the sports field, sportspersons and their families at Pyongyang International Airport.
KCNA
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