North Korean female athletes doing well in East Asian Games

There is an impressive number of 2,400 athletes from many Asian countries. The athletes are from China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and Guam. They are competing in 24 different sports. Two North Korean athletes has catch the attention. The two woman have set weightlifting records for these games. Rim Jong-Sim has lifted 117kg the ‘’snatch’’ competition and lifted 148 kg in another discipline. In this same discipline, her teammate Kim Un-Ju did set a record of 153kg. She won by 5 kg on her teammate from North Korea.

Not to the surprise of everyone, China has the lead at the games. Like at the Olympics, they dominate all other Asian countries. After the second day, they have the lead with three times more medals than their nearest competitor.

This article has inspired me to look at the results of North Korea at the summer games of 2012. North Korea did finish 20 with a total of 4 goals medals. I believe that it’s very hard to practice and perform a sport in North Korea comparing to South Korea. Sports is something that brings everyone together and maybe this could be one solution to make North Korea a more peaceful country.