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Although the International Gymnastics Federation punished the North Korean gymnastics federation by barring their women's team from competing at the 1993 World Championships, they did allow Kim to keep her medal. [2] North Korea faced further age-falsification controversy when it was discovered that 2007 World silver medalist Hong Su-jong had ...
This was the first Olympic medal for a North Korean woman in Olympic gymnastics. [2] Hong won the gold medal in vault at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan (tied with Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva) and is the bronze medalist on vault at the 2013 World Championships. The following year she won the vault final at the World Championships.
Then in the event finals, she won the gold medals on both the vault and uneven bars. [9] [10] An registered for the 2024 FIG World Cup series to compete on vault and attempt to qualify for the 2024 Olympic Games. [11] At the Cairo World Cup, she performed a double-twisting Yurchenko and stuck a Cheng vault to win the gold medal. [12]
North Korea's attendance at the Winter Games has been sporadic; eight of the last thirteen Games have included a North Korean team. During the 1998-2007 Sunshine Policy era, North Korea and South Korea symbolically marched as one team at the opening ceremonies of the 2000, [ 2 ] 2004, and 2006 Olympics, but competed separately.
This is a list of medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships. [1] [2] ... North Korea: 1985: Valladolid, Spain: Bulgaria: ... 22 medals (3 gold, 13 ...
As of 2023, over fifty editions of the championships have been staged, and over fifty countries have earned medals in artistic gymnastics events. The most successful nation, both in gold medal results and total number of medals, is the former Soviet Union (not including medals from its successor states), and China is the second.
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — North Korea won the silver in the women’s synchronized 10-meter platform event to capture the nation's first ever Olympic diving medal, while China continued its ...
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.