A meeting with sportspersons who won the international games in 2025 was held on January 9.
Present there were Kim Il Guk, minister of Physical Culture and Sports of the DPRK, Kim Myong Gun, chairman of the Korean Taekwon-Do Committee, officials in the field of sports, sportspersons and others.
Sportspersons, who flew the national flag of the dignified Republic in the sky of the world at the international games last year, made speeches.
The DPRK’s top ten players and top ten coaches of 2025 were announced at the meeting.
The top ten players are Yu Jong Hyang, a footballer of the April 25 Sports Team, Song Kuk Hyang and Ri Song Gum, weightlifters of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Ri Suk, a student of the weightlifting course of combat sports faculty of the Central Sports School, O Kyong Ryong, a wrestler of the Pyongyang Sports Club, Han Chong Song, a wrestler of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Won Myong Gyong, a wrestler of the Jangsan Sports Club, Pang Chol Mi, a boxer of the Kumgangsan Sports Team, Hong Jin Gyong, a Taekwon-Do player of the South Hwanghae Provincial Taekwon-Do Sports Team, and Han Il Ryong, a marathoner of the Amnokgang Sports Club.
The top ten coaches are Pak Song Jin, a football coach of the April 25 Sports Team, Kim Song Chol, a weightlifting coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Jong Song Hui, a teacher of weightlifting department of combat sports faculty and an instructor of the scientific research section of the Central Sports School, Kye Song Il, a weightlifting coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Pak Hyon Chol, head of the Sports Club of the Ministry of External Economic Relations, Yang Chun Song, a wrestling coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team, Pak Chol Jun, a boxing coach of the Kumgangsan Sports Team, Sa Ok Jin, a Taekwon-Do coach of the Ryongaksan Taekwon-Do Sports Team, Choe Hyong Chol, a marathon coach of the Amnokgang Sports Club, and So Un Hak, a weightlifting coach of the April 25 Combat Sports Team.
The top ten players and top ten coaches were awarded the certificates and sportswear inscribed with the letters reading "DPRK's Top Ten Players of 2025" and "DPRK's Top Ten Coaches of 2025".
KCNA
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