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DPRK Weightlifters Take First Place on Medal Table in 2025 IWF World Championships

Date: 16/10/2025 | Source: KCNA.co.jp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- The International Weightlifting Federation recently announced that DPRK men's and women's weightlifting teams took the first place respectively on the medal table of countries and region in the 2025 IWF World Championships held in Norway. At the first championships after the IWF newly set the relevant men's and women's body- weight events and standard records, the DPRK weightlifters displayed their high physical and technical abilities, giving an impression to many experts and spectators and evoking a great sensation of the world weightlifting circle. The DPRK proved at the championships that it firmly takes the first place in the world weightlifting circle, the IWF said, adding that the DPRK team has showed definite predominance in various international games after returning to the world weightlifting arena in 2023. The chairperson of the IWF, and members of the Asian Weightlifting Federation and weightlifting associations of different countries said that the DPRK players not only were very excellent in their physical and technical abilities but also showed their good sportsmanship. They praised the DPRK players for achieving admirable successes and having recently shown amazing abilities in light and heavy weights. Chinese media said that the DPRK women players displayed their mysterious power and bagged 14 of 15 gold medals in total at the five body-weight events since the championships started on Oct. 2, adding that DPRK players are renewing world records and standard records one after another in international games in recent years.

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